Burr conspiracy - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

Description acceptable. A co-conspirator of this plot named James Wilkinson received a ciphered letter that betrayed it, which he then delivered to the president. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name or describe this plot in which a politician was assisted by planters in an attempt to establish a country in Spanish Texas. This plot’s leader was acquitted because he was found not to have committed an “act of war.”

ANSWER: Burr conspiracy [accept answers indicating Aaron Burr’s plot to overthrow the government or Burr’s plot to create an empire]

[10e] The conspiracy began while Burr served as vice president under this president before he was replaced by George Clinton in 1805. This president earlier served as the first Secretary of State.

ANSWER: Thomas Jefferson

[10h] To assist with his plans, Burr contacted Anthony Merry, who later served as British Minister to this country. The first log cabins in the US were constructed by settlers from this country.

ANSWER: Sweden [or Sverige]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	30.00	100%	100%	100%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Canada	Main Site	Y	11	15.45	82%	46%	27%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	18.89	100%	56%	33%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	27.50	100%	100%	75%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	25.00	100%	75%	75%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	8	20.00	100%	50%	50%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	14.17	75%	50%	17%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


Stanford B	Berkeley D	10	10	10	30
Berkeley A	Berkeley C	10	10	10	30
UC Irvine	Arizona State	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UC Santa Barbara	10	10	10	30
UCSD A	UCSD C	10	10	10	30
UCSD B	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
Berkeley B	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Toronto E	Toronto G	0	10	0	10
Brock	Toronto C	0	10	0	10
Simon Fraser	Carleton University	0	10	0	10
Toronto F	Guelph	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	McGill A	10	10	10	30
McGill B	Western A	0	0	0	0
McMaster B	Toronto D	0	0	0	0
Queen's	Western B	10	10	10	30
Central Florida A	Central Florida C	10	10	0	20
Central Florida B	Florida B	0	10	0	10
Florida C	Florida A	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B	Michigan State	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Pittsburgh	10	10	10	30
CWRU A	Ohio State C	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	Michigan B	10	10	0	20
UBC A	Western C	10	10	0	20
Virginia	Liberty A	10	10	0	20
South Carolina B	Liberty B	10	10	0	20
North Carolina A	James Madison B	10	10	10	30
South Carolina A	NC State B	10	10	0	20
VCU	NC State A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Duke	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
North Carolina B	Wake Forest	0	10	0	10
William and Mary	North Carolina C	0	10	0	10
Waterloo A	UBC B	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Chicago A	10	10	10	30
Northwestern D	Indiana C	10	10	0	20
Chicago C	Northwestern C	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame A	Chicago E	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Illinois A	10	10	10	30
Northwestern B	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Bowdoin A	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10
Brown	Brandeis A	10	10	0	20
Brandeis B	Dartmouth A	10	10	0	20
MIT	Dartmouth B	10	10	10	30
Harvard B	Harvard A	0	10	10	20
Yale	Southern Connecticut State	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Chicago D	10	10	10	30
Missouri A	Missouri B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
Minnesota A	Carleton College	10	10	0	20
Texas A	Texas A&M A	10	10	0	20
Texas B	Murray State A	10	10	10	30
Washington B	Washington A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Alabama B	Louisville A	0	10	0	10
Bruin	Tennessee A	10	10	10	30
WashU A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Louisville B	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Mississipi State	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
WashU B	Sewanee	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh B	Birmingham	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Manchester	10	10	0	20
UCL	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Montpellier	LSE	0	0	0	0
Cambridge A	Oxford A	10	10	0	20
Oxford B	Cardiff	10	10	10	30
Imperial C	Oxford C	0	0	0	0
Southampton B	City St. George's	10	10	0	20
Warwick B	Cambridge C	0	10	0	10
Cornell C	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
Cornell A	Cornell B	10	10	0	20
Penn State	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
RIT	Rochester	10	10	0	20
Warwick A	Bristol	10	10	10	30
Cambridge B	Edinburgh A	10	10	0	20
Durham	Southampton A	0	0	0	0