What did the ideas of ‘la patrie’ and ‘le citoyen’ signify in the French revolution?

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The motherland and the children

The fatherland and the citizens

The community and the citizens

The state and the community

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The fatherland and the citizens were the ideas of ‘la Patrie' and ‘le citoyen’ signified in the French revolution.
During the French Revolution, nationalism began to emerge in France. The revolutionaries tended to enact steps to instill a sense of togetherness among French residents. As a result, they introduced the concepts of la Patrie (fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen). Through the constitution's establishment, these ideals ensured the notion of a cohesive community with equal rights in the French countryside. They encouraged people to identify with nationalist sentiments towards France. They also wished to disseminate national concepts (based on the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity) throughout Europe and liberate people from an absolutist monarchy founded on inequity.

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