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Describe any three steps taken by the French evolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.

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Describe any three changes that came in the life of Vietnamese after the colonisation of Vietnam by the French.

Answer:

Three steps taken by the French revolutionaries in 1789 to create a sense of collective identity among the French people were:

(i) The ideas of Le Patrie (the father land) and Le Citoyen (The Citizen) emphasized the notion of a united community enjoying equal rights under the constitution.

(ii) A new French flag the tricolor, was chosen to replace the former Royal standard.

(iii) A centralised administrative system was put in place and it formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory.

(iv) Internal custom duties and dues were abolished.

(v) A uniform system of weights and measures was adopted.

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The changes that came in the life of Vietnamese after the colonisation of Vietnam by the France were:

(i) Conflicts with the colonizers in all areas of life.

(ii) The most visible form of French control was military  and economic domination.

(iii) French built a system that tried to reshape the culture of the Vietnamese.

(iv) Nationalism in Vietnam merged through the efforts of different sections of the society to fight against the French and all they represented.