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The Tennis Court Oath (French: ''serment du jeu de paume'') was a pledge signed by 577 members of France 's Third Estate (also called the '' National Assembly '') during the Estates-General of June 20 , 1789 in Versailles. It is often considered the start of the French Revolution . On June 16th, the day before the oath, the deputies of the Third Estate find they are locked out of their meeting hall in the Palace of Versailles. They were unintentionally excluded from the assembly by Louis XVI, so they decide to form their own assembly. They met in a nearby indoor Tennis Court (Squash or handball) where they swore allegiance to the nation - which is them. This court was where a list of grievances were drawn up. There, they adopted a pledge to continue to meet until a constitution had been written. 577 men signed the oath, with only one refusing. It was a revolutionary act, and an assertion that political authority derived from the people and their representatives rather than from the monarch. They claim there will be only one assembly and it will vote individually. SEE ALSO
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