To furnish (someone) with the qualities necessary for performance; prepare: an education that will equip you to handle such problems. [French Ã©quiper, from Old French esquiper, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse skipa (from skip, ship).]
(Discuss three.). The major cause of the French Revolution was the disputes between the different types of social classes in French society. The French Revolution of 1789-1799 was one of the most important events in the history of the world.
The people had been suffering food shortages and the weight of taxes used to pay King Louis XVIâs vast debts. And they found themselves in the midst of unprecedented political turmoil caused by the opening of the Estates General, Franceâs Parliament, for the first time in more than one hundred years. Many Parisians were also angered by the dismissal of the popular minister Jacques Necker on 11 July.