what was the tenniscourt oath
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Tennis Court Oath. 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.
Explanation:
after the meeting of the estate generals on 5 may 1789,the appeal of the third estate was no taken .So the members of the third estate went out and assembled in an indoor tennis court on the grounds of Versailles. They took an oath not to get separated till they have drafted a constitution for France. they declared themselves as the national assembly.While the national assembly was busy in drafting a constitution for France the agitated crowd stormed into Bastille on 14 July 1789.