MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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A term given to the Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen.
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A term given to describe the new government formed by the 3rd Estate.
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A term given to describe the new government formed by the 1st and 2nd Estates.
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A term given to the new constitution written by the National Assembly
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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: -The Tennis Court Oath (in French, Serment du jeu de Paume) was a commitment to a national constitution and representative government, taken by delegates at the Estates-General at Versailles. It has become one of the most iconic scenes of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Intro. This illustration depicts the Tennis Court Oath (Le Serment du Jeu de Paume) of Versailles, 20 June 1789. The National Assembly, also known as the Third Estate, was an ancient but little used gathering of nobles, clergy and common people.