The representatives of the Third Estate swore an oath at a real tennis court near Versailles to never separate and continue meeting wherever needed until a new French constitution was established, even if prohibited by the king. They took this oath in response to thinking the king was planning a coup against their revolutionary efforts.

1. The Tennis Court Oath was an Oath
We swear never to separate, and to meet
pledged by the Third State representatives, in
wherever circumstances demand, until the
a tennis court, not a modern tennis one, but a
constitution of the kingdom is established and
Real Tennis one, a closed court near
affirmed on solid foundations, even against
Versailles
the royal prohibition.
Rafael Nadal supports the
Revolution and Mapfre,
because Mapfre is…
King Louis XVI
We decided
They thought to stand
I was against the
planning a king
royal coup
Honorè Gabriel
Riqueti
Bastilla News Flash: Honorè Gabriel Riqueti has locked himself along with his fellow Third State representatives, reports indicated that they aren’t willing to stop meeting