MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Women’s March on Versailles
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Reign of Terror
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The Great Fear
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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: -The National Assembly was formed when the 3rd estate was locked out of of the Estates-General meeting by King Louis.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tennis Court Oath When the Third Estate was locked out of the meeting hall of the Estates General on June 20, 1789, they went in search for a place they could continue to meet. Close by, there was a handball court, though it is what today we would call a Tennis Court.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Versailles, France, the deputies of the Third Estate, which represent commoners and the lower clergy, meet on the Jeu de Paume, an indoor tennis court, in defiance of King Louis XVI’s order to disperse.