USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name taken by the Third Estate with with the promise to draft a new constitution
A
National Assembly
B
Bourgeoisie
C
Estates-General
D
Proletariat
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Third Estate, commanded by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, began calling themselves the National Assembly on June 17th.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1789, in a desperate attempt to address France’s economic crisis, Louis XVI assembled the Estates-General, a national assembly that represented the three “estates” of the French people–the nobles, the clergy, and the commons.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 20 June 1789, the members of the Third Estate, who call themselves the National Assembly, assembled in Versailles hall’s indoor tennis court and took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing “not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require until the constitution of the kingdom is established".

Detailed explanation-4: -On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du Jeu de Paume) in the tennis court which had been built in 1686 for the use of the Versailles palace.

Detailed explanation-5: -But their proposal was rejected by the king, therefore On 20th June, the representatives of the third estate assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in the grounds of Versailles where they declared themselves a National Assembly.

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