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Explain the measures and practices applied by the French revolution to unite France as a nation. |
| Answer» The French revolutionaries took many important steps to create a sense of collective identity among the French people which were:\t\xa0Ideas of la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen) emphasising the notion of a united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution.\t\xa0A new French flag, a tricolour\xa0replaced the royal standard.\t\xa0The Estates General was renamed the National Assembly and was elected by a group of active citizens.\t\xa0New hymns, oaths and martyrs commemorated in the name of the nation.\t\xa0A central administrative system made uniform laws for the entire nation.\t\xa0Discouraging regional dialects and promoting French as a common language of the nation. | |