Robespierre government issued laws placing the maximum ceiling on wages and prices why?
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The correct answer is that the "Committee of Public Safety" took these effective steps to bring down the domestic revolts.
The National Convention was an elected body in France, dominated by two Republican parties known as the Girondists and the Jacobins. Robespierre was the leader of the Jacobin group, and the followers of this group were more violent and practical mood. The only objective they had was to “Save France” through any measure. Initially, the Girondists were supreme in the convention, but later the authority was passed to the Jacobins. Internal revolts and foreign attacks ( threats from the coalition of Europe) were more frequent in the country when the Jacobins took the authority. Therefore to deal with these dangers Jacobin Convention took hard measures to save the "Democracy of France'. And the "Committee of Public Safety" under the Jacobin Convention took vigorous steps to bring down the internal revolts.
Robespierre government issued laws placing the maximum ceiling on wages and prices in order to control inflation in the economy. Excessive of wages was creating excessive money supply in the economy which allowed producers to increase the prices of goods and create inflationary forces. Farmers were told to sell foodgrains at Maximum support price decided by the government and commodities like meat and bread were sold at ration shops.