Question

how france become a nation state​

Answer 1

✔✅There is much historical dispute about when what we know as France todaybecame a nation. ... The modern French Republic that is recognized today was theresult of the French people rising up against King Louis XVI and taking control of the country during the French Revolution in 1789.

Answer 2

Louis XIV of France creates an absolute monarchy; France emerges as the dominant power in Europe. Peace of Westphalia cements the legal status of the nation-state as sovereign. The French Revolution begins; it creates the modern French nation-state and sparks nationalism around Europe.