Members of the first, second, and third estates, are going to meet together.
I want to solve the debt my way.
I agree with you. Let's do that.
Why don't we get more of a say in our government?
Louis XVI gathers all three estates to decide what they will do about the ongoing financial crisis.
Oh No! The meeting door is locked! What are we going to do!
The members of the First and Second Estates are discussing on how they should deal with the national debt during the meeting Louis XVI called. This conversation does not allow the Third Estate members to speak and their votes are overruled.
Let's meet at this open tennis court.
The Third Estate members are fed up with the first and second estates for not letting them have a say in what the government does.
The Third Estate members are tired of not being heard in the Government so they declare themselves the National Assembly to represent the people of France and try to find somewhere to meet but Louis XVI locked all the meeting doors.
The members of the National Assembly meet at an open tennis court.
The National Assembly agrees to not split apart until the French Government establishes a written constitution with the Third Estate having more say in the Government."Not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established."