One word that would describe the Third Phase is “tentative”. This word showed how the Directory and the whole Third Phase was not fully develop and disoriented.
With Robespierre and the Reign of Terror gone, many of the Girondists came back to their political chairs in July 1794. The Nation Convention freed many Girondists prisoners, gave less power to the Committee for Public Safety, and had many radicals in the Second Phase were executed in a movement (‘‘the white terror’’) known as the Thermidorian Reaction. However, the Convention removed the real accomplishments achieved. For instance, the National Convention took away the price controls, which caused the prices to shoot up. This inflation led to the peasants trying to rebel, but government quickly ended it. Though the Convention favored the Cult of Supreme Being, they allowed catholic services to be held and many refractory priests came back.
