MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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They were locked out of a meeting and wanted to show the king they would not stand down.
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They were upset about the increases in price of bread.
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They feared the king would send his army to take down the National Assembly.
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They were trying to write a document for more equality.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Their solidarity forced Louis XVI to order the clergy and the nobility to join the Third Estate in the National Assembly to give the illusion that he controlled the National Assembly. This oath was vital to the Third Estate as a protest that led to more power in the Estates General, every governing body thereafter.
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: -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-4: -The Tennis Court Oath was a key moment that set off the French Revolution. On June 20, 1789, the Tennis Court Oath was taken. There, the men of the National Assembly swore an oath never to stop meeting until a constitution had been established.