The French revolutionaries took many important steps
to create a sense of collective identity among the French people
which were:
→ Ideas of la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen)
emphasizing the notion of a united community enjoying equal
rights under a constitution.
→ A new French flag, a tricolour replaced the royal standard.
→ The Estates General was renamed the National Assembly and
was elected by a group of active citizens.
→ New hymns, oaths and martyrs commemorated in the name
of the nation.
→ A central administrative system made uniform laws for the
entire nation.
→ Discouraging regional dialects and promoting French as a
common language of the nation.
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