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EMERGENCE OF USA

HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ____ Oath is when members of the 3rd Estate gathered together and swore to write a sound and just Constitution.
A
Bastille
B
Versailles
C
Tennis Court
D
Waterloo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On 20 June 1789, the members of the Third Estate, who call themselves the National Assembly, assembled in Versailles hall’s indoor tennis court and took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing “not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require until the constitution of the kingdom is established".

Detailed explanation-2: -In these modest surroundings, they took the historic Tennis Court Oath, with which they agreed not to disband until a new French constitution had been adopted.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

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