The following are the measures and practices that French revolutionaries introduced to create a sense of collective identity among the French people.
i. The ideas of la parties (the fatherland) and le citizen (the citizen) emphasized the nation of united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution.
ii. A new fresh flag, the tricolor was chosen to replace the former royal standard.
iii. The estate General was elected by the body of active citizen and renamed the National Assembly.
iv. New hymns were composed, oaths taken and martyrs commemorated, all in the name of the nation.
v. A centralized administrative system was put in place and it formulated uniform leave 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 became the common language of the nation.