coups of fructidor, floreal n prairial

name

date

protagonists

part of army

significance

coup of fructidor

4th sept 1797

Directors Barras, Rewbell n Revelliere-Lepeaux

  • undermined 1795 constitution

  • added to a lack of confidence in the electoral process

coup of floreal

11th may 1798

Directory

  • reinforced the difficulties of operating the constitution of 1795

coup of prairial

18th june 1798

Council of 500 and the Ancients

  • increased divisions

  • little to hold the govt tgt, fully ended by coup of Brimaire in Nov 1799