Pitt, internal policy of, 24; refuses to join foreign powers against France, 98; character of the statesmanship of, 136; strives to maintain peace, 138 Plain, the, position of, in the convention, 128 Poland, first partition of, 96; establishment of a new constitution in, 98; hostility of Catherine II. to, 99; proposed second partition of, 135; insurrection of, 210; second partition of, 211; third partition of, 236 Portugal, joins the coalition against France, 141 Prairial, insurrection of, 231 Privileged orders, the, position of, 8; aims of, 29 Provinces, the, insurrections in, 48; anarchy in, 109 Prussia, its relations with Austria, 97; forms a defensive alliance with Austria, 104; is drawn into a war with France, 105; its jealousy of Austria, 161; concludes peace with France, 238 Quiberon, peninsular of Hoche’s victory at, 244 Reason, the worship of, 181 Reichenbach, treaty of, 97 Rennes, Girondist sentiments of, 157 Revolutionary army, the formation of, 173 Revolutionary Court, the, establishment of, 143; deputies first sent before, 176 Rights of Man, declaration of the, 58 Robespierre, sits on the extreme Left in the Constituent Assembly, 53; is applauded by the Jacobins, 65; hesitates to decide for the King’s deposition, 90; proposes a law forbidding re-election, 92; leads the opposition against the Girondists, 107; opposes the war, 108; is elected to the Commune, 120; is attacked by the Girondists, 127; proposes the imprisonment of the leading Girondists, 145; supports the insurrection against the Girondists, 153; becomes a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety, 167; attacks the Hébertists, 197; causes of the influence of, 201; procures the destruction of the Hébertists by abandoning Danton, 202; is dissatisfied with the Committee of Public Safety, 205; reduces the Terror to a system, 208; inaugurates the worship of the Supreme Being, 214; reorganises the Revolutionary Court, 215; comes into collision with the Committee of Public Safety, 217; his imprisonment, 219; execution of, 220 Roland, is minister of the interior, 105; attempts in vain to restore order, 109; is dismissed, 112; projects of a retreat to the Loire discussed in the house of, 115; is restored to office, 117; resignation of, 145; death of, 178 Roland, Madame, directs the actions of her husband, 115; execution of, 178 Rousseau, doctrines of, 16 St. Just, is placed on the Committee of Public Safety, 167; makes requisitions at Strasburg, 185; character and aims of, 206; arrest of, 219; execution of, 220 Santerre, commands the national guard, 122 Sardinia, the King of, war declared against, 130 Saumur, is taken by the Vendeans, 160 Savoy, occupied by the French, 129; annexed, 133