When they were refused an equal voice in the government, the Third Estate declared themselves the National Assembly, claiming that they were the true voice of the people. When they went to their meeting hall the next day, they found it locked. They then held their meeting in an indoor tennis court.It was in this tennis court that they swore an oath, to stick together through the worst, until France had a new constitution. Just one person refused the oath. This is the infamous Tennis Court Oath.
At first, King Louis called the National Assembly illegitimate and illegal. The National Assembly refused his orders to disperse, and eventually, King Louis was forced to have the other Estates join the National Assembly.
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