When the Third Estate renamed itself the National Assembly and was locked out of the Estates-General meeting hall at Versailles,it and sympathetic members of the First and Second Estates met at another site at Versailles and swore what was known as the _________ not to separate until a constitution for France had been drafted.

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The correct answer is the "Oath of the Tennis Court" because it refers to the event where the National Assembly and sympathetic members of the First and Second Estates convened on a nearby tennis court after being locked out of the Estates-General meeting hall at Versailles. There, they swore an oath not to separate until they had drafted a constitution for France. The other options (A, B, C, and D) are not accurate or relevant to the historical event described.

When the Third Estate Renamed Itself the National Assembly and Was