MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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the broke into an indoor tennis court
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the made a pledge called the “Tennis Court Oath”
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the refused to leave the tennis court until they had written a constitution
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all of the above are true
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Detailed explanation-1: -Finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall at Versailles on June 20 and thinking that the king was forcing them to disband, they moved to a nearby indoor tennis court (salle du jeu de paume). There they took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France.
Detailed explanation-2: -Three days later, the Third Estate delegates found themselves locked out of their meeting room. They broke down a door to an indoor tennis court, pledging to stay until they had drawn up a new constitution. This pledge became known as the Tennis Court Oath.
Detailed explanation-3: -King Louis locked the third estate out of the meeting because they were demanding more power in the government because they made up 97% of the population in France. The National Assembly started to have meetings on a tennis court and they formed the Tennis Court Oath.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Explanation: The members of the Third Estate demanded that voting be conducted by the assembly as a whole, where each member would have one vote. When Louis XVI rejected their proposal, members of the third estate walked out from he meeting of Estate General.