Connecticut River - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

A colony that was established at the mouth of this river named a fort that was commanded by Lion Gardiner during its siege in 1636. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this river along which the Saybrook Colony developed. This was the longest river along which the Western Niantics and Mohegans fought in the Pequot War.

ANSWER: Connecticut River

[10h] The first governor of the Saybrook Colony was from this family and later helped consolidate the Connecticut Colony. John Wheelwright split from a man from this family who was backed by Thomas Dudley.

ANSWER: Winthrop [or James Winthrop]

[10e] Noblemen from this religious sect were granted a patent by Robert Rich to establish the Saybrook Colony. This religious group also established the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

ANSWER: Puritans [prompt on Pilgrims or Separatists]

<NS, American History>

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Summary


California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	10	11.00	100%	10%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	16.25	100%	38%	25%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	10.00	92%	8%	0%

Data


Arizona State	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	10	20
UC Irvine	UCSD C	0	0	10	10
UCSD A	UCLA B	10	0	10	20
UCSD B	UCLA A	10	0	10	20
Toronto Metropolitan	Carleton University	0	0	10	10
Toronto D	Brock	0	0	10	10
Simon Fraser	Toronto E	0	0	10	10
Toronto F	Waterloo B	0	0	10	10
McGill B	UBC A	0	0	10	10
Ottawa	UBC B	0	0	10	10
Waterloo A	McGill A	10	0	10	20
Toronto G	Western B	0	0	10	10
McMaster A	Guelph	0	0	10	10
Toronto B	Queen's	0	0	10	10
NC State B	Liberty B	0	0	10	10
North Carolina A	Liberty C	0	0	10	10
North Carolina C	Liberty A	10	0	10	20
VCU	South Carolina A	0	0	10	10
North Carolina B	South Carolina B	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	Virginia	10	10	10	30
William and Mary	Virginia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Chicago D	10	0	10	20
Chicago C	Chicago A	0	0	10	10
Indiana B	Chicago E	0	0	10	10
Illinois C	Illinois A	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	Northwestern B	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Northwestern C	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame B	Northwestern D	10	10	10	30
Illinois B	Purdue A	0	0	10	10
Harvard A	Bowdoin A	10	0	10	20
Southern Connecticut State	Bowdoin B	10	0	10	20
Brandeis A	Harvard B	0	0	10	10
Carleton College	Iowa State	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Missouri A	0	0	10	10
Washington A	Claremont	10	0	10	20
Brandeis B	MIT	10	0	10	20
Brown	Yale	0	0	10	10
LSE	Birmingham	0	0	10	10
Imperial A	Cambridge A	0	0	10	10
Manchester	Cambridge B	0	0	10	10
Cambridge C	Oxford C	0	0	10	10
Durham	Imperial B	0	0	10	10
Bristol	Edinburgh A	0	0	10	10
Southampton A	Edinburgh B	0	0	10	10
Cardiff	Imperial C	10	0	10	20
Montpellier	UCL	0	0	0	0
Oxford B	Southampton B	0	0	10	10
Oxford A	Warwick A	0	0	10	10
Warwick B	City St. George's	0	0	10	10