Franch Revolution
French Revolution 1
Historical Significance
1. The Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a main event during the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 members out of 577 of France's Third Estate and a few members of the First Estate during a meeting of the Estates-General of 20 June 1789 in a tennis court near the Palace of Versailles. They would not disband until they had drafted a constitution. As of 17 June 1789 this group began to call themselves the National Assembly.
2. Olympe de Gouges
In 1791 published The Rights of Women. Following the official Declaration in each of its seventeen articles, she applied them to women explicitly in each case, and she asserted also, in addition, the right of women to divorce under certain conditions, to the control of property in marriage, and for equal access with man to higher education and to civilian careers and public employment.
3. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Declaration of the......
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