Question

Describe the events from the Tennis Court Oath on 20th June 1789 to the abolition of feudal system of obligation and taxes on 4th August 1789.

Answer 1

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1. On 20 June 1789 the representatives of 3rd estate assembled themselves in indoor tennis court of Versailles ground and declared themselves as national assembly and decided not to disperse till they drafted the constitution for France.
2. They were lead by Abbey Sieyes and Mirabeau .
3. This was only because LOUIS XVI rejected their proposal of one vote for one person and hence, they were fed up by the cruelness of the king and the special reservation to clergy and nobles and also from the tithe taken by the clergy from them.
4. This made the Third Estate members take the significant Tennis Court Oath which paved the way towards abolition of taxes and constitution
5. This was considered as an important even in French Revolution

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