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What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of collective identity among the French people?

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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.