From 17 June to 9 July 1793.
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third estate
The Third Estate or 97 per cent of the population - the common people.
The Third Estate
Originally, at a tennis court at Versailles. The National Assembly consisted of the members of the third estate, who were one day locked out of a Estate General meeting by the first and second estate members. They were angry, and went to a nearby tennis court at the palace where they swore an oath that they would not disband until a constitution was formed. They also took up a new name for themselves: The National Assembly.
the third estate. after their separation they name themselves as 'national assembly'
June 17, 1789
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The National Assembly was formed mostly by members of the third estate, while the Estates General consisted of the first, second, and third estates.
The National Assembly was formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates General. After the French Revolution the National Assembly became known as the National Constituent Assembly.
The Third Estate or 97 per cent of the population - the common people.
17 June 1789
The Third Estate had as many members as the other two put together; but it was decreed that each Estate had ONE vote. That was why the Third Estate declared itself to be the National Assembly, and that declaration (the Tennis Court Oath affirmed it) was the start of the Revolution.