Traditional representative assembly of the three estates, the États-Généraux (Estates-General), opened at Versailles on 5 May 1789; after holding sessions as separate bodies (clergy, nobility, commons), the Third Estate, styling itself Les Communes, abstained from constituting as a chamber, but proclaimed themselves (17 Jun 1789) Assemblée nationale (National Assembly); prevented from entering their meeting hall (salle des Menus Plaisirs) by order of King Louis XVI, the Assembly held its session in an indoor tennis court (salle du Jeu de Paume) and swore an oath (20 Jun 1789) to continue its deliberations until adoption of a constitution; joined by 150 deputies of the clergy and 47 deputies of the nobility; during the "royal session" (23 Jun 1789) refused to obey the king's order to adjourn to their own hall; commonly known as Assemblée nationale constituante (Constituent National Assembly) from 9 Jul 1789, when it started working on the Constitution; abolished feudalism (4 Aug 1789); passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (26 Aug 1789); moved to Paris (19 Oct 1789); declared freedom of the press (20 Jan 1790); abolished monastic vows (13 Feb 1790); passed (12 Jul 1790) the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (sanctioned 20 Dec 1790); after the news of the king's flight became known to the deputies, the Assembly passed a resolution empowering the minister of justice to attach the State Seal to the assembly's decrees without consent of the king (21 Jun 1791), thus suspending one of the principal royal prerogatives; authorized ministers and other state officials to exercise executive authority (25 Jun 1791); suspension of the royal functions was extended (16 Jul 1791) until the constitutional act is presented to the king; the Assembly exercised full legislative and executive authority until 14 Sep 1791, when the king swore an oath to maintain the Constitution and regained his functions as head of the executive power; accomplished the drafting of the Constitution (3 Sep 1791); declared its mission as being accomplished and held the last session on 30 Sep 1791. In accordance with the Constitution of 1791, the National Assembly as legislative body convened on 1 Oct 1791; deputies swore allegiance to the nation (4 Oct 1791); as anti-revolutionary forces sought for support outside of France and the Austrian army menaced invasion of France, the Assembly declared war against Austria (20 Apr 1792); decreed to deport dissident clergymen (27 May 1792, vetoed by the king); failed to prevent popular invasion of the Tuileries Palace (20 Jun 1792); called for volunteers in response to invasion of Austrian and Prussian armies; received (3 Aug 1792) the message of the Parisian sections demanding deposition of the king; after the storming of the Tuileries (10 Aug 1792), passed a decree and declared the king suspended; ordered the election of a National Convention and imprisoned Louis XVI and the royal family; held its last meeting on 21 Sep 1792 and closed the session after 12 commissioners appointed by the National Convention arrived to announce that the Convention had been constituted.