On 17 June, after talks about the voting system broke down, the Third Estate formed the National Assembly. After being locked out of their usual meeting place, they met at the Royal Tennis Court and took the Tennis Court Oath; they promised not to break up the National Assembly until a written constitution for France was created.
Hearing rumours that a mob of 30,000 angry Parisians were ready to storm his palace, Louis forced the First and Second Estates to join the National Assembly. The National Assembly then became the National Constituent Assembly. France now had a parliament (government) and Louis was no longer an absolute monarch.