What is tennis court oath?

Answer 1

The Tennis Court Oath was a result of the growing discontent of the Third Estate in France in the face of King Louis XVI's desire to hold onto the country's
The Tennis Court Oath was a pledge signed by all but one of the members of France's Third Estate, on June 20, 1789, after they had been locked out of a meeting of the Estates General. This group had formed the National Assembly three days earlier on June 17, 1789.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

The Tennis Court Oath:

When Louis XVI had to convoke the Estates General, the third estate (the bourgeoisie) ordered to double their numbers in the Estates General, because the majority of France existed of Bourgeoisie. The others 2 estates (the nobility and the clergy) did not agree with this, but the King gave in to the third estate. When the Estates General met, they had on one occasion locked out the third estates members. The third estate members went to a nearby tennis court at Versailles and swore they would not dissemble until a constitution for France would be drawn up and accepted.

Together with the storming of the Bastille (3 weeks later) this was significant for the beginning of the French Revolution

Answer 4

1. The Tennis Court Oath is an oath that the people took that they would not break up until a new constitution was formed. The Oath was important because it was the beginning of the French Revolution.

Answer 5

Because it was taken in a tennis court. Note, IN a tennis court; we're talking about Real (= royal) tennis here, which is played indoors on a court with a netted spectators' gallery round it - a great place to hold meetings, especially when the King has locked you out of your usual hall.