FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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began the revival of the Olympic Games
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avowed loyalty to absolutism
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defied royal authority
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was taken only by the clergy
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proposed the institution of the state of terror
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -It was here that they made the famous Oath of the Real Tennis Room: “We swear never to separate and to meet wherever circumstances require until the kingdom’s Constitution is established and grounded on solid foundations.”
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Intro. This illustration depicts the Tennis Court Oath (Le Serment du Jeu de Paume) of Versailles, 20 June 1789. The National Assembly, also known as the Third Estate, was an ancient but little used gathering of nobles, clergy and common people.