The closure of the National Workshops, by leading to the June Days Uprising, sealed the doom of the Executive Commission.

Judging the Commission unable to quell the uprising, the Assembly effectively dissolved it on 24 June by a vote of no confidence and gave full powers to General Louis Eugène Cavaignac.

In May 1848 the National Assembly decided to establish the Executive Commission as a form of collective presidency, similar to that of Year III in the first French Revolution.

However, Lamartine used his strong popular mandate to force the National Assembly to make Ledru-Rollin one of the members of the Executive Commission.

[4] At this time the bourgeoisie were becoming increasingly uneasy about the possibility of mob rule leading to a repeat of the Reign of Terror of the first French Revolution.

Ledru-Rollin planned a fête de la Concorde on 15 May celebrating peace and labor that included decorations that recalled the earlier revolution.

[7] The government reorganized the National Guard and moved a large garrison of regular army troops into the center of Paris.

[13] National Workshops had been established by decree of the Provisional Government in February 1848 with the objective of providing employment through undertaking public works.

[17] Cavaignac insisted on letting the workers build their barricades without opposition, so they could be more effectively destroyed, where Lamartine and others argued for taking immediate action to avoid bloodshed.

[18] On Saturday 24 June 1848 the Assembly decided to remove the Executive Commission from power and install Cavaignac as dictator.