AP European History

Historical Mock Trials

The Trial of Louis XVI

The defendant, Louis XVI, is charged with the following offences:

1. Negligence – The defendant’s inept financial management have resulted in bankruptcy for the French Government, excessive taxation, and poverty amongst the French people.

2. Tyranny – The defendant has repeatedly used his powers to suppress the representatives of the French nation and used excessive and unnecessary violence against the French people.

TEAM FOR THE PROSECUTION	TEAM FOR THE DEFENCE
Attorney: __________________________ Attorney: __________________________	Attorney: __________________________ Attorney: __________________________
Witnesses Jacques Necker, ________________ Former Minister of Finance Emmanuel Sieyès, ___________________ Roman Catholic Abbot Maximillian Robespierre, ______________ Member of the Jacobin Club	Witnesses Edmund Burke, _____________________ English Philosopher Marquis de Lafayette, ________________ Elected Representative Louis XVI, ______________________ King of the French