Question 1. What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of collective identity among the French people?
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.