Tennis Court Oath

On June 20, 1789, the deputies of the Third Estate met in an indoor tennis court in Versailles because of King Louis XVI's order to disperse. They all agreed not to disband until a new French constitution had been created.

The Women’s March

    The Women's March was a time when working-class women from Paris violently protested over the high price and scarcity of bread. On the morning of October 5, 1789, The Women's March began. The woman took the city's armory and weapons and marched 18 miles from Paris to The Palace of Versailles. When they got there, they stormed the palace, nearly killing the Queen because King Louis failed to address them. King Louis XVI reluctantly agreed to sign the Declaration of Rights of Man after a dramatic and violent confrontation within the palace. The next day, the women demanded that King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette move from Versailles to Paris,  and they did. They returned back to Paris with the King, Queen, and the heads of the Kings guards on pikes, showing the terror that came with political and social change. 

Declaration of the Rights to Man