The 3rd Estate, led by Honore Gabriel Riqueti, begin to call themselves the National Assembly
Historical person
Honore Gabriel Riqueti Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Honore Gabriel Riqueti, based on 10 World History Database records associated with France.
Chronological biography
1789
The 3rd Estate, led by Honore Gabriel Riqueti, begin to call themselves the National Assembly.
The 3rd Estate, led by Honore Gabriel Riqueti, begin to call themselves the National Assembly
The 3rd Estate, led by Honore Gabriel Riqueti, begin to call themselves the National Assembly
The deputies pledged to continue to meet until a constitution had been written, despite the royal prohibition. The deputies congregate in a nearby indoor real tennis court & take an oath "not to separate, and to reassembly wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the Kingdom is established"
The deputies pledged to keep meeting until a constitution was written and took the Tennis Court Oath despite royal opposition.
Tennis Court Oath is both a revolutionary act, and an assertion that political authority derived from the people and their representatives rather than from the monarch himself.
The deputies congregate in a nearby indoor real tennis court and take an oath "not to separate, and to reassembly wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the Kingdom is established."
The deputies congregate in a nearby indoor real tennis court and take an oath "not to separate, and to reassembly wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the Kingdom is established.".
The deputies pledged to continue to meet until a constitution had been written, despite the royal prohibition.
Record provenance
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