However, this state would not last; the abolition of the traditional cantons, as well as the overall structure of the Republic was unpopular with many of the Swiss people; additionally, the French pillaging of state coffers, the curbing of the right to worship and the heavy-handed crushing of resistance, most notably in Nidwalden, caused considerable resentment among the Swiss people. Invasions by Austrian and Russian troops opposing the spread of the French Revolutionary sentiment lead to further dissatisfaction. More trouble stirred internally with the Republican government, as La Harpe deposed the leader of the Directory, and the Helvetic Republic’s co-founder, Peter Ochs in 1799. La Harpe himself eventually became victim of the instability and violence that had surrounded Switzerland in the late eighteenth century. He was overthrown by a coup and was forced to flee in 1799, which culminated in the abolition of the Helvetic Republic in 1803.