Directory
An army of 200,000 men was put into the field in command of General Napoleon, and the foreign powers that were in sympathy with the martyred king were defeated. But the Directory was not so successful in ruling at home. The royalists were constantly intriguing to regain power and the form of government became unpopular. Finally, in 1799, Napoleon overthrew the Directory and seized the reins of government himself-first as consul until 1804, and then as Emperor until 1815. (International Textbook, 1922)