French Constitution of 1795

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French constitutional document constitution fundamental law

The French Constitution of 1795 was the post-Terror republican charter that established the Directory government and marked a conservative phase of the French Revolution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French constitutional document → constitution → fundamental law →
adoptedInYear	1795 →
adoptedOnDate	22 August 1795 →
aimedTo	avoid a new dictatorship → prevent concentration of power → stabilize the Revolution after the Terror →
alsoKnownAs	Constitution de l’An III → Constitution of Year III →
banned	permanent assemblies of citizens →
cameIntoForceOnDate	23 September 1795 →
characterizedAs	conservative phase of the French Revolution →
containsDeclaration	Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and of the Citizen →
containsProvision	checks and balances between branches → separation of powers →
context	Thermidorian Reaction → post-Terror period →
country	France →
createdExecutiveBody	Directory →
createdLegislativeBody	Council of Ancients → Council of Five Hundred →
draftedBy	Thermidorian Convention →
excludedFromSuffrage	many poorer men → most women →
executiveSelectionMethod	elected by the legislature →
followedBy	French Constitution of 1799 →
governmentType	republic →
historicalSignificance	established the Directory regime that lasted until Napoleon’s coup of 18 Brumaire → marked the end of the radical phase of the French Revolution →
ideologicalOrientation	bourgeois republicanism →
includesConcept	duties of citizens → rights of man →
legalStatus	supreme law of France from 1795 to 1799 →
legislativeElectionMethod	indirect elections →
legislatureStructure	bicameral legislature →
limitedPowerOf	executive → legislature →
numberOfDirectors	5 →
phaseOf	French Revolution →
politicalRegimeEstablished	Directory →
precededBy	French Constitution of 1791 → French Constitution of 1793 →
repealedBy	Constitution of the Year VIII →
repealedInYear	1799 →
repealedOnDate	10 November 1799 →
restricted	political clubs →
suffrageType	census suffrage →
territorialScope	French Republic →
votingRightsRestrictedTo	male citizens with property or tax qualifications →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Council of Ancients ("Constitution of Year III") → Directory ("Constitution of Year III") → French Directory ("Constitution of Year III") →	establishedBy
French National Convention ("1795 Constitution of France") → National Convention ("Constitution of 1795") →	adopted
French Constitution of 1795 ("Constitution of Year III") → French Constitution of 1795 ("Constitution de l’An III") →	alsoKnownAs
Council of Five Hundred (faction) ("Constitution of Year III") → President of the Council of Five Hundred ("Constitution of the Year III") →	legalBasis
Directory (France) ("Constitution of Year III") →	constitutionalBasis
French First Republic →	constitutionalDocument
French Revolution →	keyDocument
Constitution of the Year VIII ("Constitution of 1795") →	replaced
French Constitution of 1793 →	wasSupersededBy