Question

In the essay “Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind,” this writer argued that the amount of unfarmed land in America would lead to exponential population growth. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this colonial-era American demographer whose prediction of the population doubling every 25 years was later quoted by Thomas Malthus in An Essay on the Principle of Population.
ANSWER: Benjamin Franklin
[10e] This thinker used Franklin’s demographic observations to compare the productivity of the American colonies positively to China in his book The Wealth of Nations.
ANSWER: Adam Smith
[10m] Franklin argued that immigrants speaking this language were “swarthy” and decried their influence on Anglo culture. The first U.S. House Speaker’s opposition to this language is the subject of a recurring urban legend.
ANSWER: German [or Deutsch] (Frederick Muhlenberg was the Speaker of the House who supposedly prevented German from being voted an official language of the U.S.)
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y326.67100%100%67%
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y320.00100%67%33%
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y620.00100%100%0%
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y420.00100%100%0%
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y220.00100%100%0%
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y320.00100%100%0%
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y310.00100%0%0%
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y320.00100%100%0%

Data

Rutgers DiasporaGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery0101020
Maryland AMaryland B+10101030
The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them010010
NorthwesternBrownstein et al.0101020
Chicago AIllinois0101020
EpicPurdue0101020
MichiganAmartya Senpai Notice Me0101020
OSUChicago B+0101020
Mojo ShojoWUSTL0101020
Cornell B-Dr. Christopher Manners, MD - Samarra, Iraq0101020
Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangCornell C++0101020
The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BHouston and friends0101020
Hutto HipposWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU0101020
Broken Imperial NomadsOxford Hornets0101020
Buzzers KaramazovMagisters Ludi0101020
Cameron et al.Milan et al.0101020
The Vulture's Guide to BuzzParth et al.0101020
Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Passion According to C.H.0101020
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone softWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again010010
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone softWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again0101020
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone softmeet the new weird, same as the old weird010010
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone softmeet the new weird, same as the old weird0101020
UG Championship Players (and Mazin)Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry010010
Columbia BWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again010010
Olmo (Bonus) BagelryColumbia B0101020
meet the new weird, same as the old weirdUG Championship Players (and Mazin)0101020
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone softWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again010010
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone softWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again0101020
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone softmeet the new weird, same as the old weird010010
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone softmeet the new weird, same as the old weird0101020
Stanford ABerkeley B0101020
It's Joever[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]10101030
Stanford BBerkeley A10101030