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Describe any five measures introduced by the French Revolutionaries to create a senseof collective identity amongst the French people. |
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Answer» The French revolutionaries took the following steps to create a sense of collective identity among the French people (i) They introduced the ideas of la patrie (the fatherland) and Ie citoyen (the citizen), emphasizing the concept of a united community enjoying equal rights under a Constitution.(ii) They choose a new French flag, the tricolour, to replace the royal standard.(iii) The Estates General was elected by the body of active citizens and renamed the National Assembly.(iv) In the name of the nation, new hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs commemorated.(v) They established a centralized administrative system, which formulated uniform laws for all citizens.(vi) They adopted a uniform system of weights and measures.(vii) All internal custom duties were abolished.(viii) They promoted the French language, as spoken and written in Paris, over regional dialects. |
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