Chapter 12 Vocabulary

official representative sent to a foreign country

• assembly

• ambassador

• tourist

• bishop

rights of citizens to have political and social freedom and equality

• social rights

• due process

• citizen's rights

• civil rights

make or present a formal request to an authority regarding a particular case

• protest

• raify

• petition

• amendment

a change or addition to a written document

• amendment

• petition

• ratify

• clause

legal process established to make sure people are not punished without first being proven guilty in a fair trial

• trial by jury

• due process

• civil rights

• innocent

idea that government authority comes from the people who have agreed to be governed

• due process

• civil rights

• civil liberties

• popular sovereignty

to gather in a group for a specific purpose

• infringe

• unite

• assemble

• congregate

to charge with a crime

• indict

• arrest

• guilt

• innocent

to provide housing or shelter

• move in

• assemble

• indict

• quarter

protections from government for individual rights and freedoms

• equality

• civil rights

• civil liberties

• popular sovereignty