Coups + Risings Directory Flashcards
When was the rising of germinal ?
1st April 1795
When was the rising of Prairial?
20th/21st May 1795
When was the rising of Vendemiare?
5th October 1795
When was the coup of fructidor?
4th September 1797
When was the coup of Floreal?
11th May 1798
When was the coup of prairial?
18th June 1799
What did the rising of germinal involve?
10,000 sans culottes storming the convention demanding bread and constitution of 1793
What did the rising of Prairial involve?
Sans-culottes invaded the convention
Murdered deputy Jean-Bertrand Féraud
Demanded the release of Jacobin prisoners and the constitution of 1793
What did the rising of the Vendemiare involve?
Royalist rising
Fuelled by the belief that the plebiscite for the new constitution was rigged
25,000 marched on convention
Demonstrations by muscadins and factory owners
What did the coup of fructidor involve?
April 1797 constitutional monarchists gained 182 out of 260 seats
Accused Pichegru (president of the 500) as being in contact with emigres + arrested him for acting against the revolution
What did the coup of floreal involve?
Jacobin gains in elections March 1798
Lengthy process involved in verifying results so law of 22 floreal put in place
What did the coup of prairial involve?
the coup involved replacement of Director Treilhard with former jacobin Gohier
Sieyes tried to seize the opportunity to demand the resignation of Lepeaux and Douai
Results of rising of Germinal
National guardsmen arrived and protestors were arrested
Paris placed under martial law under command of general Pichegru
Sped up deportation of Montagnards
Results of prairial uprising
20,000 sans-culottes aimed and loaded cannon on the convention
40,000 soldiers called in
Leaders arrested 42 national guards executed
Results vendémiare uprising
25,000 armed Parisians marched on convention
Napoleon and Joachim Murat in charge of 5000/6000 troops
40 cannon fired on rebels + 300 killed
