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The National Assembly, also known as the Third Estate, was an ancient but little used gathering of nobles, clergy and common people.
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They assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in the grounds of Versailles on 20th June, 1789.
The National Assembly, also known as the Third Estate, was an ancient but little used gathering of nobles, clergy and common people.
The Tennis Court Oath or Serment du Jeu de Paume in French was a oath taken by the members of the third estate in France which is an important event prior to the French Revolution.
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Here they pledged themselves to create a written constitution for France; by 1791 they would have one.The French Revolution in 1789 overthrew the monarchy and established in its place a republic based on the ideals of 'liberty, equality and fraternity'.
On 17 June, the Third Estate began to call themselves the Before the Revolution, French society—aside from royalty—was divided into three The third Estate comprised the overwhelming majority of the French population but the structure of the Estates-General was such that the Third Estate comprised a bare majority of the delegates.The deputies' fears, even if wrong, were reasonable and the importance of the oath goes above and beyond its context.An English-language translation of the oath reads: They assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in the grounds of Versailles on 20th June, 1789.
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Decrees that all members of this Assembly immediately take a solemn oath never to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require until the constitution of the realm is established and fixed upon solid foundations; and that said oath having been sworn, all members and each one individually confirms this unwavering resolution with his signature.
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