MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Swore to behead the king
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Planned to storm the Bastille
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Pledged to improve their tennis game
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Promised to not disband until they had a written constitution
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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: -Fearing a royalist conspiracy, the Third Estate responded by gathering in a nearby tennis court. There they pledged not to disband until the nation had drafted and implemented a constitution.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the Tennis Court Oath, the National Assembly swore not to stop meeting until France had a constitution. This commitment to imposing a constitution on France was a threat to the power of the monarch.