USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On 20 June, 1789 CE, the Third Estate representatives assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in the grounds of Versailles. This happened under the leadership of Mirabeau, Abbe Sieyes and Bailly who declared themselves as a National Assembly.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was here that they made the famous Oath of the Real Tennis Room: “We swear never to separate and to meet wherever circumstances require until the kingdom’s Constitution is established and grounded on solid foundations.”

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -There they pledged not to disband until the nation had drafted and implemented a constitution. 4. The Tennis Court Oath was written by Emmanuel Sieyès, administered by Jean-Sylvain Bailly and signed by 576 deputies with one abstainer.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tennis Court Oath, French Serment du Jeu de Paume, (June 20, 1789), dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the nonprivileged classes of the French nation (the Third Estate) during the meeting of the Estates-General (traditional assembly) at the beginning of the French Revolution.