MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Blue-White-Red
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White-Red-Purple
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Blue-Red-Purple
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Red-Yellow-Green
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Detailed explanation-1: -The constitutions of 1946 and 1958 (article 2) instituted the “blue, white and red” flag as the national emblem of the Republic.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 27 July, a tricolour cockade was adopted as part of the uniform of the National Guard, the national police force that succeeded the militia. A drapeau tricolore with vertical red, white and blue stripes was approved by the Constituent Assembly on 24 October 1790.
Detailed explanation-3: -Blue and red, the traditional colours of Paris, were popular among revolutionaries in that city, and the Bourbon royal white was often added. The revolutionaries were also influenced by the horizontally striped red-white-blue flag of the Netherlands, which had appeared in the mid-17th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bleu de France (Blue of France) is a colour traditionally used to represent France. Blue has been used in the heraldry of the French monarchy since at least the 12th century, with the golden fleurs-de-lis of the kings always set on a blue (heraldic “azure") background.