Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.

Legislator

Person who writes and passes laws

A legislator, or lawmaker, is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are often elected by the people, but they can be appointed, or hereditary. Legislatures may be supra-national, national, such as the Japanese Diet,…

History of France

The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age.

Estates General of 1789

Consultative assembly of France, summoned by Louis XVI

The Estates General of 1789 was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners. It was the last of the Estates General of the Kingdom of France.

Tennis Court Oath

Event at the start of the French Revolution

The Tennis Court Oath was taken on 20 June 1789 by the members of the French Third Estate in a real tennis court on the initiative of Jean Joseph Mounier. Their vow "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the constitution of the kingdom is established" became…