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Why did the national convention choose to execute Robespierre?

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The uprising gave him an opportunity to finally purge the Girondins. On July 27, 1793, Robespierre was elected to the Committee of Public Safety, which was formed in April to protect France against its enemies, foreign and domestic, and to oversee the government.

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