Question

A “mania” over this good and its preemptive rights fueled much of the early American Republic, according to a 2023 book by Michael Blaakman. Thomas Jefferson’s father Peter was a founder of a “Loyal (10[1])Company of Virginia” to acquire this good. The first section of Woody Holton’s book (-5[1])Forced Founders posits that Lord Dartmouth’s denial of bounties for this good led Virginians like George Washington to declare independence. John Randolph of Roanoke’s outrage at a bailout for buyers of this good led to him forming the tertium quids. James Wilson and Robert Morris both landed in debtors’ prisons after losing their (-5[1])fortunes (10[1])speculating (-5[1])on (10[1])this good. (10[1])An (10[1])illegal sale of this good led to the Supreme Court case (10[1])Fletcher v. Peck. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[3])what resource (10[1])was the subject of a (10[1])“fraud” in Yazoo, (10[4])and was acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: land [accept Yazoo Land Fraud; accept Loyal Land Company; Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic; prompt on property]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2195%0%19%118.35

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley ATexas3310
Puna EkkaMinnesotaWUSTL B47-5
John MarvinChicago ABritish Columbia100-5
Olin BoseColumbia BNorth Carolina B10110
Truman HillVanderbiltOttawa102-5
Liam StarnesChicago BNYU10310
Noah ChinVirginia TechNorthwestern10510
William OrrYaleWUSTL A10610
Michael DuWaterloo AMaryland11710
Justin HawkinsIndianaCornell B120-5
Cooper RohColumbia AToronto B12010
Michał GerasimiukStanfordUC Berkeley B12010
Aiden DartleyRutgersPenn State12010
Ethan SkolnickWUSTL BMinnesota12310
Rayton LinWaterloo BToronto A12310
Michael KearneyHarvardLSE12310
Aryan DesarapuMichiganWinona State12510
Alexander NicholsUCFJohns Hopkins13010
Rohan DalalGeorgia TechArizona State13310
Joseph ChambersVirginiaRIT13310
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMIT13310
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina ACornell A13310
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawaVanderbilt1430
Yared TadesseCornell BIndiana14310
John ChenBritish ColumbiaChicago A14310