Now the members of the committee were at odds with one another, and with the Committee of General Security. Some of the members were at fear that members would now join Robespierre, and he would then gain much more power that was initally commended for him. So before any of this would happen, the committee forced the execution of Robespierre on July 27, 1794. Before this day, you could consider Robespierre to be politically one of the strongest men in France.