What were the step taken by French revolutionary to create collective identity.
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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.
Discouraging regional dialects and promoting French as a common language of the nation.
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The five steps taken by the French revolutionaries to initiate a collective identity sense among the France people are as follows:
* Uniform laws.
* Abolished all the internal custom duties.
* Promotion of French language.
* Adopted a weights and measures system.
* Exchange of goods and capital from one region to another.
extra points :
a. Ideas of fatherland and citizenship
b. New national symbols
c. Centralised administrative system
d. National language
e. Uniform system of weights and measures