FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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The Estates General, and the Third Estate declaring the Tennis Court Oath
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The National Assembly, when King Louis XVI stepped down from power
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The public guillotining of King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
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The end of the American Revolution
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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: -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: -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: -We swear never to separate ourselves from the National Assembly, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require until the constitution of the realm is drawn up and fixed upon solid foundations.
Detailed explanation-5: -They assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in the grounds of Versailles on 20th June, 1789. They declared themselves as a National Assembly. They decided not to disperse until they had drafted a Constitution for France which would curtail the power of the monarch.