CSET Subtest 1 U.S. History Graded A+

CSET Subtest 1 U.S. History Graded A+ Jamestown, Va - The first permanent English settlement, established in 1607. Hernando Cortes - The first conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in 1521. Mexicas - The most powerful tribe in Central America that expanded to form the Aztec Empire. Quechua - The language of the Incas, still spoken today. Mita - Taxes paid to the Incan capital. Francisco Pizarro - Conquered the Incas in 1572. Polities - Major urban centers of the Mayan Empire. Stelae - Mayan stone columns with inscriptions. Maryland Toleration Act if 1649 ️reduced religious discrimination James Oglethorpe ️governor of Georgia William Bradford ️pilgrim governor of Plymouth Rock John Withrop ️Puritan governor of Massachussets Bay Roger Williams ️founded Rhode Island in 1636 for true religious freedom Mayflower Compact ️first declaration of self government in the New World Fundamental Orders ️group of farmers drew this constitution for Connecticut commonwealth; 1639 Treaty of Paris ️French must leave America Proclamation of 1763 ️King of England declared no moving west of Appalaccian Mountains Sugar Act ️1764; new taxes on imports Quartering Act ️1765; forced to provide housing for troops Stamp Act of 1766 ️tax on all legal documents; may be most important event in revolutionary era Townshend Acts of 1767 ️tightened taxes and regulations Intolerable Acts ️1774; set restrictions on town meetings First Continental Congress ️1774; met to plan against British rule