WORLD HISTORY

EMERGENCE OF USA

POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When the Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General, they pledged never to disband until a new constitution was created. This event is known as:
A
Women’s March on Versailles
B
Reign of Terror
C
The Great Fear
D
Tennis Court Oath
Explanation: 

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -On June 23, 1789, Louis XVI relented. He ordered the three estates to meet together as the National Assembly and vote, by population, on a constitution for France. The Third Estate relocated to a nearby tennis court where its members vowed to stay together and create a written constitution for France.

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