The French revolutionaries took many major steps to create a sense of collective identity among the French people which were as follows:
Ideas like 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, came into place of the royal standard.
The Estates General was renamed as the National Assembly and it was an elected body by a group of active citizens.
New hymns, oaths and martyrs commemorated for the nation.
A centralised administrative system made similar laws for the entire nation.
Discouraging the regional dialects and promoting the French as the national language.