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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 created a sense of collective identity amongst the French people through the following: (i) The 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 Ie 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.