<P> On 20 June 1789 , the members of the French Estates - General for the Third Estate , who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly , took the Tennis Court Oath ( French : Serment du Jeu de Paume ) , vowing `` not to separate , and to reassemble wherever circumstances require , until the constitution of the kingdom is established '' . It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution . </P>
<P> On 20 June 1789 , the members of the French Estates - General for the Third Estate , who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly , took the Tennis Court Oath ( French : Serment du Jeu de Paume ) , vowing `` not to separate , and to reassemble wherever circumstances require , until the constitution of the kingdom is established '' . It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution . </P>
in 1789 the 1st 2nd and 3rd estates of france met on a tennis court and swore an oath known as the
in 1789 the 1st 2nd and 3rd estates of france met on a tennis court and swore an oath known as the
the Tennis Court Oath
the Tennis Court Oath