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Questions
Describe any three measure that were introduced by the French revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.
Highlight the various measures and practices that French revolutionaries introduced to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.
Solution
- The ideas of la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen) emphasised the notion of a united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution.
- The previous royal standard was changed to the new French flag, the tricolour.
- The National Assembly replaced the Estates General as the body of elective citizens.
- Oaths were taken, new hymns were written, and martyrs were remembered.
- It established a centralised administrative system and produced uniform laws for all residents of its territory.
- A uniform system of weights and measures was adopted, and internal customs duties and fees were eliminated.
- Regional dialects were discouraged and French, as it was spoken and written in Paris, became the common language of the nation.
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