Tennis Court Oath taken by members of the Third Estate, pledging not to disband until a constitution was written.

• A. Storming of the Bastille
• B. Oath of the Ancients
• C. Tennis Court Oath
• D. March on Versailles

Answer: (C)

The main idea being tested is how the early French Revolution pushed for a written constitution and popular sovereignty. The Tennis Court Oath captures that moment: members of the Third Estate, frustrated with their political power under the existing system, gathered in a tennis court after being locked out of the king’s assembly and pledged not to disband until a constitution was written. This oath signaled a deliberate break from absolute monarchy and helped establish the idea that government should be grounded in a constitution and the consent of the governed, not merely in the king’s decrees.

This is why the Tennis Court Oath fits best. The other events point to different actions or contexts: the Storming of the Bastille is a dramatic act of popular uprising rather than a formal pledge to create a constitution; the Oath of the Ancients belongs to British constitutional tradition and has no connection to the French Revolution; the March on Versailles was a protest to pressure the king, not a vow to produce a constitution.