MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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A group of moderates known as Girondists.
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King Louis XVI
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Napoleon
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Representatives of the Third Estate
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Tennis Court Oath was written by Emmanuel Sieyès, administered by Jean-Sylvain Bailly and signed by 576 deputies with one abstainer. Later, the oath was famously depicted by the revolutionary artist Jacques-Louis David.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was in the tennis court that on the 20th of June 1789 the third estate established the National Assembly, the new revolutionary government, and pledged “not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established."
Detailed explanation-4: -The oath they took was: “not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require until the constitution of the Kingdom is established."