What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of collective identity among the French people? (chapter one, nationalism in Europe, class 10)
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To raise collective identity among the French people French revolutionaries had took many important steps.
1. Ideas of la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen) popularized the notion of a united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution.
2. A new French flag replaced the royal standard.
3.A group of active citizens elected the Estates General and redefined as the National Assembly.
4.New hymns (national anthem), oaths and martyrs commemorated were introduced in the name of the nation.
5.Uniform laws were introduced by a central administrative system which was common for the entire nation.
6.Promoted French as a common language of the nation.
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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) emphasising 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.
Internal custom duties and dues were abolished and a uniform system of weights and measures was adopted.
Discouraging regional dialects and promoting French as a common language of the nation.