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The Regulator Movement in North Carolina, also known as the Regulator Insurrection, War of Regulation, and War of the Regulation, was an uprising in Provincial North Carolina from 1766 to 1771 in which citizens took up arms against colonial officials whom they viewed as corrupt.
[3]: 14 During 1751, Quaker Minister Abigail Pike and Rachel Wright traveled to Perquimans County, North Carolina to attend the Quarterly Meeting at Little River, in hopes of gaining permission to establish a new monthly meeting in Cane Creek. [3]: 17 Permission was granted and the first Monthly Meeting was held on October 7, 1751.
1764 Pope Day Riot in Boston; 1765 Stamp Act riots in Boston, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and Maryland; 1765–1771 War of the Regulation. 1771: Battle at the Yadkin River in North Carolina, Battle of Alamance which was also fought in North Carolina; 1766 Quartering Act riot in New York
The site of the Battle of Alamance, including red flags, to the right, marking militia positions and an 1880 commemorative monument, in the distance, to the far left.. The Battle of Alamance, which took place on May 16, 1771, was the final confrontation of the Regulator Movement, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over various issues with the Colonial Government.
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North Carolina regulators previously denied key stream crossing permits for the 73 miles of pipeline that would run through Rockingham and Alamance counties. They cited uncertainty about the ...
A N.C. Department of Environmental Quality analysis said as many as 2.5 million acres of wetlands could be at risk under the new law.
Waddell was the sole representative of North Carolina in these negotiations, which secured the temporary cooperation of those tribes against the French and their native allies. [ 3 ] In 1758, Waddell promoted to Major and sent to Pennsylvania with 300 men to assist with General John Forbes campaign against Fort Duquesne .