MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Scorched Earth
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Storming of the Bastillee
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Estates General
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Tennis Court Oath
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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: -When the Third Estate gathered to meet on June 20th, they found the doors to their meeting hall locked and guarded. 3. 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: -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.