Question

St. John’s College purchased this politician’s “folly” of an unfinished basement, which was abandoned after the Maryland state legislature refused to continue funding the construction of a lavish governor’s mansion. For 10 points each:
[10m] Identify either this 18th-century governor of Maryland or his namesake town just outside DC where disorganized “races” in 1814 allowed the British to burn Washington.
ANSWER: Thomas Bladen [accept Bladensburg, Maryland; accept Battle of Bladensburg or Bladensburg Races]
[10e] In negotiating a 1744 treaty, Bladen helped the British swindle land away from the six nations of this confederacy.
ANSWER: Iroquois Confederacy [or Iroquois League; or Haudenosaunee]
[10h] The 1744 treaty was signed in this city, which served as the nation’s capital for one day in 1777 before the Continental Congress continued on to York. This city was the first major stop after Philadelphia on the Great Wagon Road.
ANSWER: Lancaster, Pennsylvania [accept Treaty of Lancaster]

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Brown ACornell B010010
Chicago BNorth Carolina A1010020
Columbia AOhio State A1010020
Florida AYale B1010020
Florida BDuke A010010
Georgia Tech APenn State A1010020
Harvard AMinnesota A1010020
Illinois AChicago C1010020
Imperial AVirginia A010010
Johns Hopkins AUC Berkeley A10101030
MIT AMichigan A1010020
Maryland ARutgers A1001020
NYU AMinnesota B010010
Purdue ASouth Carolina A010010
Stanford ANorthwestern A1010020
WUSTL AColumbia B010010
Yale AMcGill A010010