The Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly
1789 · Event
Locked in stalemate at the Estates-General over voting by head or by order, France's commoner deputies simply declare themselves the nation's true representative body. It is the Revolution's founding act of defiance — the Tennis Court Oath follows three days later.
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