This quote shows that the people tried to influence the government and succeeded in giving a wake-up call to Louis XIV. Another act the people that was not as violent, was the Tennis Court Oath. On the morning of June 20th 1789, deputies in the newly formed National Assembly gathered to enter the meeting hall at Versailles, only to find the doors locked and guarded by royal troops. Interpreting this as hostile move by the king and his ministers, the National Assembly proceeded to the nearest available space, one of Versailles’ indoor tennis courts. Gathering on the floor of this court, the 577 deputies took an oath. Together, they pledged to remain assembled until a new national constitution had been drafted and implements. Like the fall of
