The French monarch, King Louis XVI, soon banned the National Assembly from the conference room, and they then took the first true step of the Revolution. The National Assembly organized in the Versailles tennis court, and took what is now called the Tennis Court Oath. The oath was a promise to overthrow the king and create a Constitution.
The situation escalated to the point of violence shortly thereafter. The National Assembly stormed the Bastille, in order to arm themselves to fight off troops the king had summoned to Paris. The Governor of Bastille, who called for a ceasefire, was stabbed as well as beheaded in the battle. The turbulence in the social, political, and economic climates allowed for the Revolution to overtake France quickly. The Jacobins, who were more radical revolutionaries, created a petition to completely free France from monarchy, though that status did not become official until a few years had