Describe the event that led to the tennis court oath
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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 oathnever to separate until a written constitution had been established for France.
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Answer:The event which took place in the tennis court in Versailles are as follows :-
Explanation:(a) The representatives of the third estates viewed themselves as spokeman for the whole nation.
(b) On 20 th June, they assembled in the Hall of an indoor tennis court in the ground of Versallies.
(c) They declared themselves a national Assembly and swore not to disperse till they had drafted a Constitution for France that would limit the powers of the monarch.
(d) They were led by Mirabeau and Abbé Sieyès.
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