Tennis Court Oath Of Humanism

Midterm Exam

Mardin Shinoo

Professor Michael W. Johnson
Revolutions in History
North Park University

Chicago, Illinois
October 2014
Tennis Court Oath was an agreement proposed by Jean-Joseph Mounier on June 20, 1789. As part of the third estate, they were locked out of the usual meting hall and suspected that the king wanted them to disband. They took an oath to never separate until there was a written constitution was established for France.
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