Convention, the National, summoned, 117; elected, 123; parties in, 124; its galleries occupied by Jacobins, 129; offers to help all peoples desirous of freedom, 131; decrees the union of Nice and Savoy, 133; decrees the opening of the Scheldt, and orders the generals to proclaim the sovereignty of the people, 134; condemns the King, 140; decrees the annexation of Belgium, and declares war against England, 141; institutes the Committee of Public Safety, 145; orders the transportation of priests, 147; forbids the emigrants to return on pain of death, 148; refuses to proscribe the Girondists, 153; is compelled to order the arrest of the Girondists, 155; resistance in the departments to, 157; falls into the hands of the extreme party in the Mountain, 165; its comparative weakness, 166; orders a levy _en masse_, 170; orders requisitions to supply Paris, and institutes a revolutionary army, 174; passes the law of suspected persons, 175; sends twenty-one deputies before the Revolution Court, 176; submits to the Commune, 180; accepts the Worship of Reason, 181; Reorganises the army, 189; its legislative work, 193; reorganises the Revolutionary Court, 215; overthrows Robespierre, 219; parties in, after the fall of Robespierre, 222; restoration of Girondist deputies to, 223; reaction in, 224; looks for the support to the party of reaction, 227; foreign policy of, 233; becomes unpopular with the middle classes, 244 Cordeliers, the Club of the, presided over by Danton, 82; demands a republic, 91 Corday, Charlotte, admires the Girondists, 163; assassinates Marat, 164 Couthon, is placed on the Committee of Public Safety, 167; his conduct in Auvergne, 185; supports Robespierre, 200; arrest of, 219; execution of, 220 Custine, takes Frankfort, 130; is driven out of Frankfort, 141 D’Alembert, writings of, 14; Danton, presides over the Cordeliers, 82; calls for a republic, 90; becomes Minister of Justice, 117; stirs up resistance against invasion, 121; resigns his ministry, 125; is attacked by the Girondists, 127; advocates the condemnation of the King, 140; breaks with the Girondists, 144; loses authority in the Convention, 165; wishes to stop the Reign of Terror, 197; is executed, 204 Dauphin, the, death of, 245 De Launay, murder of, 46 Delessart, advocates peace, 104; is charged with treason, 105 Departments, France divided into, 65 Desmoulins, Camille, urges the Parisians to take arms, 44; political opinions of, 77; advocates a republic, 90; supports Robespierre, 109; wishes to stop the Reign of Terror, 197; publishes _The Old Cordelier_, 199; execution of, 204 D’Espréménil, defends the old system, 51 Diderot, writings of, 14 Directors, appointment of, 251