Tennis Court Oath

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Sketch by Jacques-Louis David of the Tennis Court Oath. David later became a deputy in the National Convention in 1792
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Sketch by Jacques-Louis David of the Tennis Court Oath. David later became a deputy in the National Convention in 1792

The Tennis Court Oath was a pledge signed by members of France's Third Estate and a few members of the Second Estate who called themselves the National Assembly in the year 1789 on June 20th. The doors at their usual meeting place of Versailles were locked and they considered this a message from the King of France that their meetings were no longer relevant. This was simply a mistake, the doors of the meeting area were locked because of maintenace. An over-reaction to the doors being locked led to the National Assembly taking matters into their own hands. They vowed not to disband until they had written a new constitution for France. They reconviened on an indoor tennis court adjacent to the palace and created their documents. It is widely considered as a key moment in the French Revolution.

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