The National Assembly was a revolutionary assembly formed by representatives of the Third Estate (the common people) of France during the French Revolution in 1789. It passed laws representing all people rather than just elites.
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Estates-General: An assembly of representatives from all three estates which hadn't been called for nearly 200 years until summoned by King Louis XVI in 1789 due to financial crisis.
Tennis Court Oath: A pledge made by members of France's National Assembly in 1789 where they vowed to continue meeting until a new constitution was written.
Constitution of 1791: The first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime; it established a constitutional monarchy.