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=National Assembly= A National Assembly was created in France. The famous "Tennis Court Oath" where all the kings Representatives of the people joined together on the tennis courts and made an oath never to separate and meet until a new constitution was written. 567 men (all but one) signed the oath. This was a revolutionary act and an assertion of authority from the people rather than the king himself. A couple days later the group met to restore order. The king finally addressed the representatives of all three estates. When he ordered them disperse, only the third estate remained. The King granted them a constitution on June 23 which allowed the right of separate deliberation for the three orders which formed three chambers. This move failed; soon that part of the deputies of the nobles who still stood apart joined the National Assembly at the request of the king. The Estates-General was from then on known as the National, though these bodies consisted of the same deputies elected by the separate orders.

The German National Assembly was created as well. It elected by universal man suffrage. It began is deliberations on May 28, 1848 in Frankfurt. One of its first main issues disputed was the issue of whether or not Austria should be included in the new united Germany. Those who wanted to exclude Austria won, and German became a new united state. The National Assembly wrote Germany's Constitution.

Created by Allie Pinosky 2.12.09