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Round 11: Tossup 14

Women were urged to enter public service during this war by Esther de Berdt Reed’s Sentiments. The Peacefield House was expanded by a woman who warned that wives would “foment a rebellion” if they were ignored during this war. An exhaustive three-part (15[1])history of this war was written by Mercy Otis (-5[1])Warren. During this war, (15[1])A woman codenamed Agent 355 (15[1])aided the Culper Ring under (*) Hercules Mulligan. (10[1])The Daughters of (10[1])Liberty knit clothes for troops in this war. Molly Pitcher probably didn’t load a cannon at this war’s Battle of Monmouth. Abigail Adams encouraged her husband to “Remember the Ladies” during, for 10 points, what war that Betsy Ross (10[1])made a flag during? ■END■

ANSWER: American Revolution [or American Revolutionary War; or American War of Independence]
<History - American, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 11
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Chris HolderExhibitionChattahoochee B4115
Kavineesh SenthilrajInnovation BInnovation A50-5
Edward KimJohns CreekLambert B5415
Adhrit YadavLambert AHoover5915
Woodward SpiveyMidtownNorthview B6610
Sheehan BankaNorthview AChattahoochee A6910
Tejas SolaiInnovation AInnovation B10810

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%50%17%66.17
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓4100%25%0%62.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%75%0%61.25
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%50%25%61.75