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Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath (French: serment du jeu de paume) was a pledge signed by 576 members out of 577 of France's Third Estate and a few members of the Second Estate (who as of June 17 1789 called themselves the National Assembly) during the Estates-General of June 20, 1789 in a local tennis court.
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