The Tennis Court Oath vowing to remain in session or on call until a workable Constitution had been created.
third estate
The Third Estate
Theoretically, every occupation except Priest and Nobleman; in fact, most of the delegates actually eleted were lawyers.
The Tennis Court Oath vowing to remain in session or on call until a workable Constitution had been created.
He could of had the Third Estate delegates shot in the Tennis Court.
Who were the third group of delgates
They insisted that all three estates meet together and that each delegate have a vote. This would give the advantage to the Third Estate, which had as many delegates as the other two estates combined
The trouble was the voting system. There were, of course, far more paople in the Third Estate, and it had far more delegates; but voting was not by head but by estates - so the other two could always outvote the Third.
The third estate tried to solve this issue by gathering all three estates in a big body with votes counted "by head". After a couple of weeks, they declared themselves as the National Assembly of France. They, then invited delegates from other estates to help them write the Constitution of France
The Third Estate was the estate in which the bourgeoisie belonged to.
the members of the third estate had to pay money
The third estate consisted of the commoners/peasants.