Question : Highlight the various measures and practices that French revolutionaries introduced to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.
The correct answer is-
i. 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.
ii. A new French flag, the tricolour, was chosen to replace the former royal standard.
iii. The Estates General was elected by the body of active citizens and renamed the National
Assembly.
iv. New hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs commemorated
v. A centralized administrative system was put in place and it formulated uniform laws for all
citizens within its territory.
vi. Internal customs duties and dues were abolished and a uniform system of weights and measures
was adopted.
vii. Regional dialects were discouraged and French, as it was spoken and written in Paris, became
the common language of the nation.
viii. Any other relevant point
