History A-Level
The politics of the middle way (extreme centre)
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The Directory navigated threats from royalists and neo-Jacobins, frequently annulling elections to maintain control.
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- 2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815 (A-level only) – 1795–1815 The Directory and Napoleon's rise to power, 1795–1799 (AQA A-Level)
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