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. In the hallowed annals of American history, few groups hold as profound a significance as the Committee of Five, the men responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence. These were not merely men, but titans—Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Sherman, and Livingston—their names etched indelibly into the bedrock of our nation.
The Ancients also picked the executive—the five Directors (Directeurs)—from lists drawn up by the Five Hundred. A Director had to be at least 40 years old and to have formerly served as a deputy or minister; a new one was chosen each year, on rotation.
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The Directory (also called Directorate, French: le Directoire) was the governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 26 October 1795 (4 Brumaire an IV) until October 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the Consulate. Directoire is the name of the final four years of the French Revolution. Mainstream historiography [1 ...
The Committee of Five of the Second Continental Congress was a group of five members who drafted and presented to the full Congress in Pennsylvania State House what would become the United States Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776.
On June 7, 1776, Virginia Delegate Richard Henry Lee put forward a resolution that "all political connection is, and ought to be, dissolved" between Great Britain and the Colonies. On June 11th, the Continental Congress nominated a drafting committee of five men to compose a declaration of independence.
22.5.6: Structure of the Directory. The Directory, a five-member committee that governed France from November 1795 to November 1799, failed to reform the disastrous economy, relied heavily on army and violence, and represented another turn towards dictatorship during the French Revolution.
Nov 13, 2009 · On June 11, 1776, the Continental Congress selects Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut and Robert R ...
