Describe steps taken by the French Revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity among the French people.
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Steps taken by French Revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity among the French people were:
✒ The idea of La-Patrie (the fatherland) and Le-Citoyen (the citizen) emphasized the notion of a united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution.
✒ New French flag the tricolour was chosen to replace the former royal standard.
✒ The Estate General was elected by the body of active citizen and renamed the National Assembly.
✒ New Hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs commemorated all in the name of the nation.
✒ A centralized administrative system was put in place and it formulated uniform laws for all citizen within its territory.
✒ Internal customs duties and dues were abolished and a uniform system of weight and measures were adopted.
✒ Regional dialects were discouraged and French became the common language of the nation.
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A new tricolour flag was made
Jacobin clubs were formed.
bourbon dynasty was thrown away