HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Bastille Day
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The Tennis Court Oath
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The Great Fear
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National Debt
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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 a pledge that was signed in the early days of the French Revolution and was an important revolutionary act that displayed the belief that political authority came from the nation’s people and not from the monarchy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Their representatives assembled in the tennis court and swore for framing a constitution. This commitment is referred to as the Tennis Court Oath. They took the oath to limit the powers of the Monarch by creating Constitution for France that would limit the powers of the Monarch.
Detailed explanation-4: -20 June 1789 They were excluded from their regular meeting place by King Louis XVI and met instead at a nearby indoor tennis court. Here they pledged themselves to create a written constitution for France; by 1791 they would have one.