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The Tennis Court Oath (French: serment du jeu de paume) was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789. They made a makeshift conference room inside a tennis court located in the Saint-Louis district of Versailles (commune), near the Palace of Versailles.

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So this is what happened in the tennis court oath↓

first, the representatives of the three estates (I estate - church, II estate - nobles, III estate - bourgeoisie and the rest) were called to gather by Louis VI. Since France was becoming broke Louis took a vote to as whether the Iand II estate should pay taxt as well as the III estate, and both the I and II estate said no and the III estate said yes. therefore the III estate was voted out (which was unfair because the III estate took up 98% of the whole population).

then on June 20th 1789 the three estates gathered again but Louis's house was locked and they couldn't get it. meanwhile luois was hunting. so they moved to a tennis court (which btw doesnt look like tennis courts right now, tennis was played with hands back then) and had a discussion, and the three estates got together and made an oath that France would be a constitutional monarchy and that they 'were the citizens, not the king' . they made an oath to go against the government until they got a constitution.

this left Louis with a dilemma. he could answer to the oath, but he knew that the ancien regime provided France with stability. he could go against it, but this could start a war and the estates could rebel against the king. in the end he did nothing, which showed weekness.

haha im only 14 and im saying this out of memory, maybe some of it is wrong, but for all the knowledge i have i thank my awesome English and hummanities teacher :)

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The 3rd estate met for their regular meeting only to find their normal meeting place could not be used that day so they moved the meeting to the nearby tennis court where they took the tennis court oath which said they would not split up until France had a new constitution where everyone would be equal in status.

Only one person out of the 577 present refused to take the oath.

It was the First stand against Louis XVI.

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In the early days of the French Revolution, discontent with King Louis XVI was growing, and a large number of members of the "third estate" (working-class men, and some small business owners) decided to sign an oath to express their unified opposition to the king's policies. A total of 576 of the 577 men present agreed to sign it. (The one man who refused to sign was Joseph Martin-Dauch, a politician who was uncertain about whether he should sign a document that seemed disloyal to the ruler of France.)

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That they would continue to meet as a National Assembly until they had gained a Constitution.

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A new constitution was being formed, so they took a pledge that they would continue meeting until France had a new form of government.

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to lower taxes

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