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Analyse the measures and practices introduced by the French revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.
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"U.S. entry into the war in Vietnam marked a new phase that proved costly to Vietnamese as well as to the Americans." Analyse the statement.**
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"U.S. entry into the war in Vietnam marked a new phase that proved costly to Vietnamese as well as to the Americans." Analyse the statement.**
Solution:
The French revolutionaries created a sense of collective identity amongst the French people through the following ideas :
(i) Artists like Frederic Sorrieu who created images that showed the people of Europe and America marching in a procession and paying homage to the statue of liberty which they personified as a female figure.
(ii) The ideas of la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen) were emphasised to. create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.
(iii) A new French flag, the tricolour, was chosen to replace the former royal standard.
(iv) Estates General was elected by the body of active citizens and renamed as the National Assembly.
(v) New hymns were composed and martyrs commemorated all in the name of the nation.
(vi) A centralized system of administration was introduced and uniform laws were made for the citizens.
(vii) French language was spoken and written and became a common language in Paris.
(i) Artists like Frederic Sorrieu who created images that showed the people of Europe and America marching in a procession and paying homage to the statue of liberty which they personified as a female figure.
(ii) The ideas of la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen) were emphasised to. create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.
(iii) A new French flag, the tricolour, was chosen to replace the former royal standard.
(iv) Estates General was elected by the body of active citizens and renamed as the National Assembly.
(v) New hymns were composed and martyrs commemorated all in the name of the nation.
(vi) A centralized system of administration was introduced and uniform laws were made for the citizens.
(vii) French language was spoken and written and became a common language in Paris.
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