Question

The growth of family size over successive generations in this colony was analyzed in John Demos’s book A Little Commonwealth. Mass burials during an early winter in this colony were conducted (-5[1])at Cole’s Hill. Edward Winslow (-5[1])documented diplomacy between natives (-5[1])and this colony in Mourt’s Relation. The original settlers of this colony intended to join the “Strangers” of the Leiden congregation on the Speedwell. (10[1]-5[1])Corbitant was (10[1])chased away (10[1])by a military (10[1])advisor for this colony named Myles Standish. (10[1])Under William Bradford, settlers in this colony were taught how to cultivate crops by (10[1])Tisquantum. (-5[1])For 10 points, what colony in modern-day Massachusetts did the Mayflower bring the pilgrims to? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Plymouth Colony [accept Plymouth, Massachusetts; prompt on Massachusetts; reject the Massachusetts Bay Colony]
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2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y978%0%56%77.29

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Sam MacchiVassarCornell C30-5
Anirudh BharadwajPenn APrinceton B35-5
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BYale A39-5
Cooper RohColumbia BBard A6310
William HelmanBard AColumbia B63-5
Aiden DartleyRutgers APrinceton A6510
Arjun BothraHaverfordPenn B6710
Karsten RynearsonYale ARutgers B7010
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BNYU B7710
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AYale C9110
Ashish KumbhardareRowan AColumbia C92-5
Ricky ChenPrinceton BPenn A1080
Nathan ZhangCornell CVassar10810