The French Directory suffered many misfortunes and struggles. For 10 points each:
[10m] The Directory had to deal with the remains of this revolt, named for a region in Southern France. This revolt consisted mainly of Catholics and served as a counter-revolution to the French Revolution.
ANSWER: Revolt of the Vendée [or Vendée Uprising or War in the Vendée or Guerre de Vendée]
[10h] This writer tried to establish a proto-socialist French republic in the Conspiracy of the Equals, but his plot was discovered and he was executed. This man, who styled himself after the Gracchi brothers, is sometimes considered the first communist.
ANSWER: François-Noël Babeuf [or Gracchus Babeuf]
[10e] The Directory eventually faltered when this politician and his brother orchestrated a coup by involving a fake Jacobin rebellion. This politician declared himself Emperor of France and went on to conquer much of Europe.
ANSWER: Napoleon Bonaparte [or Napoleon Bonaparte; or Napoleon I]
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