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David E. Stannard accredited this group’s sense of vulnerability for the elaborate mourning of its “Way of Death.” “Wayward” cases defined this group’s moral boundaries per Kai T. Erikson’s study of deviance. Sacvan Bercovitch formulated (10[1])“dissensus” in his version of this group’s “origins thesis.” An epiphany about this group in the Congo inspired its “myth and symbol” analysis in Perry Miller’s Errand into the Wilderness. The “Merton thesis” credits modern science to English members of this (-5[1])group, (-5[1])whose idea of “ordered liberty” defines the first of four folkways (-5[1])in D. H. Fischer’s Albion’s Seed. (10[1]-5[1])This group’s egalitarian “habits of mind” (-5[1])fused the “spirit of liberty” and “spirit of religion” according to Alexis de Tocqueville. For 10 points, what group’s (10[1])1630 sermon “A Model of Christian (10[1])Charity” (10[3])introduced the (10[1])defining image (10[1])of American exceptionalism, (10[1]-5[2])the “city on a hill”? (10[3])■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: Puritans [accept Separatists or separating Puritans; accept Puritan origins thesis, The Puritan Origins of the American Self, Wayward Puritans, or The Puritan Way of Death; prompt on Pilgrims, Protestant settlers, Nonconformists, Independents, colonists, or colonial Americans; prompt on Americans until read]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2195%0%33%125.45

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AJohns Hopkins3410
Matt JacksonChicago AWUSTL B75-5
Ben SterlingYale BStanford76-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaKentucky87-5
Nathan ZhangCornell AMichigan9310
Caleb KendrickMarylandPurdue93-5
Jakob MyersIndianaToronto A99-5
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina ABerkeley B11810
Andrew SalijNorthwesternTruman State12410
Michael DuWaterlooChicago D12510
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia TechArizona State12510
Swapnil GargBerkeley AToronto B12510
Jason HongBrownMinnesota A12710
Sam BakerMcGillColumbia A12910
Ashish SubramanianDukeChicago B132-5
Chinmay MurthyTexasSouth Carolina13210
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaTexas132-5
William GrogerColumbia BNorth Carolina B13710
Sky LiToronto AIndiana13710
Cory SmithKentuckyVirginia13710
Dean Ah NowClaremont CollegesChicago C13810
Robert CondronChicago BDuke13810
Owen MimnoNYUHarvard13810
Conor ThompsonIowa StateFlorida13810
Quynh PhungPurdueMaryland13810
Amith PunyalaWUSTL BChicago A1380
Matthew SiffYale ACornell B13810
Andrew ZengStanfordYale B13810