Four measures which were introduced by the French Revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity amongs the French people were 1. The ideas of la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen) emphasized the notion of a united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution. 2. A centralized administrative system was put in place and it formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory. 3. Internal customs duties and dues were abolished and a uniform system of weights and measures was adopted. 4. Regional dialects were discouraged and French, as it was spoken and written in Paris, became the common language of the nation