23 June 1789 Mirabeau before Dreux Breze Joseph Désiré Court 1797 - 1865 France French


June 17, 1789, six weeks after the opening of the States General, the third estate, joined by some of the clergy, was proclaimed National Assembly. Chaired by Bailly, the new instance is committed by the tennis court Oath not to separate before they drafted the Constitution of the Kingdom. June 23, Louis XVI control various levels to continue to sit separately, but the third state refuses to leave the room Menus Plaisirs. When the Marquis de Dreux-Breze, master of ceremonies said: "You heard gentlemen, the king's order," Bailly replied: "I think the assembled nation can receive orders. "Mirabeau, deputy of the third state, then launched his famous quote:" Go tell your master that we are here by the will of the people and leave only by the force of bayonets. "On June 27, the king gives, asking the clergy and nobility to join the Third Estate. On July 9, the National Assembly becomes constituent


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