Convention adopts the constitution and two-thirds decree
- When
- 22 August 1795
- Where
- National Convention, Paris
- Part of
- Constitution of the Year III
On 22 August 1795 the Convention adopted the Constitution of the Year III together with the two-thirds decree.
The constitution was adopted by the Convention on 5 Fructidor Year III (22 August 1795). The accompanying decree of two-thirds was justified by the argument that electing an entirely new legislature to set in motion an untried constitution was an infallible means of having it overthrown, citing the fall of the Constituent Assembly. The constitution was more conservative than the radically democratic, never-implemented Constitution of 1793, and established the Directory.
Sources
- Constitution of the Year III Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-15
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