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The third estate asked for a new voting system
The Third Estate asked for a new voting system in which each representative would vote individually. When the king refused, the Third Estate declared that, as the true representative of the nation, it was forming a National Assembly. -
Declaration of the right of man and citizen
It was born of an idea of the Constituent Assembly, which was formed by the assembly of the Estates General to draft a new constitution. -
The capture of the Batille
When revolutionary insurgents stormed and seized control of the medieval armoury. -
locked of the national assembly
The king locked the National Assembly out of the Estates General, so they met at a tennis court nearby. They declared that they would not leave the tennis court until France had a constitution.