St. John’s College purchased this politician’s “folly” of an unfinished basement, which was abandoned after the Maryland state legislature refused to continue funding the construction of a lavish governor’s mansion. For 10 points each:
[10m] Identify either this 18th-century governor of Maryland or his namesake town just outside DC where disorganized “races” in 1814 allowed the British to burn Washington.
ANSWER: Thomas Bladen [accept Bladensburg, Maryland; accept Battle of Bladensburg or Bladensburg Races]
[10e] In negotiating a 1744 treaty, Bladen helped the British swindle land away from the six nations of this confederacy.
ANSWER: Iroquois Confederacy [or Iroquois League; or Haudenosaunee]
[10h] The 1744 treaty was signed in this city, which served as the nation’s capital for one day in 1777 before the Continental Congress continued on to York. This city was the first major stop after Philadelphia on the Great Wagon Road.
ANSWER: Lancaster, Pennsylvania [accept Treaty of Lancaster]
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