Question
Immigrants known as “redemptioners” sold themselves into indentured servitude after arriving in this state on the Sally. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this modern-day state named after William, a colonial leader who set up this state to promote religious freedom for Quakers.
ANSWER: Pennsylvania [or PA]
[10m] Many redemptioners belonged to this ethnic group, the ethnicity of the first Speaker of the House. This ethnic group names a cultural region in northeast Pennsylvania called its namesake “country.”
ANSWER: German-Americans [accept Palatinates; accept Pennsylvania Dutch Country or Pennsylvania Deitsche Country; accept Pennsylvania Dutchland; reject “Dutch”]
[10h] The emigration of Quakers from the Northern Midlands to settle modern-day Pennsylvania is outlined in this book. This David Hackett Fischer book examines four British folkways through which America was settled.
ANSWER: Albion’s Seed [or Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 56% | 11% |
Data
| NYU B | Bard A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn A | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Vassar | Haverford | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rutgers A | NYU A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Rutgers B | Penn B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Princeton A | Rowan A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell C | Yale A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia B | Yale B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Princeton B | Yale C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |