Packet 5: Bonus 17
After the War of 1812, formerly enslaved black men called Merikins who had fought for the British settled in “company towns” on this island. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this island where, in 1834, former slaves responded to delays in emancipation by chanting “no to six years.” The dissertation Capitalism and Slavery was written by Eric Williams, a leader born on this island.
ANSWER: Trinidad [or Iëre; or Kairi]
[10e] The plantations of Trinidad struggled post-emancipation due to declining prices of this crop, the centerpiece of the Trini and Jamaican economy during the slavery era.
ANSWER: sugarcane [prompt on cane]
[10h] In chanting “no to six years,” Trini protestors rejected this euphemistically named system. Under this system, former slaves in British colonies were required to work on plantations without pay for a period.
ANSWER: apprenticeship
<EC, World History> | NAFTA-Packet-5
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 16.25 | 98% | 55% | 10% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maybe Ever | WashU | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| The Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals | W&L+Friend | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| [Redacted] | Lex | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| four high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B | St. Marx | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |