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For whatever reason have either of the following happen, and explain the consequences:

1) The bankruptcy of the French state occurs before the famine years of 1787-89, and thus the third estate's calls for reform have less backing from the working class.
2) The French state manages to totter on a little long, and you get working class bread riots occur before any calling of the Estates-General. Would they get much political voice. Would this put off the King from calling the Estates-General for the next few years? If no, would the nobility and clergy be more willing to accept reform? If yes, is there another way out of France's fiscal hell?
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