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The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General. This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country.
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This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes.
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The National Assembly was formed when the 3rd estate was locked out of the Estates-General meeting by King Louis.
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On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du Jeu de Paume) in the tennis court.
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He ordered the three estates to meet together as the National Assembly and vote, by population, on a constitution for France.
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a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob.
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helped to form the foundation of the French Revolution, in hopes of ending the monarchy and establishing a democracy in France.
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A rumor had spread that there was stock of flour with the king and the queen during those days of famine.
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the National Constituent Assembly ordered the clergy to take an oath declaring their support of the nation's constitution.
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Louis was officially arrested on August 13, 1792 and sent to the Temple, an ancient Paris fortress used as a prison.