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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.
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-6699-3. Kars, Marjoleine. (2002). Breaking Loose Together: The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-4999-6. Lefler, Hugh T.; Powell, William S. (1973). Colonial North Carolina: A History ...
1764 in North Carolina (1 C) ... Pages in category "1760s in North Carolina" ... Regulator Movement in North Carolina
The Regulators had been operating in North Carolina for some time, and in 1770 it was reported that the group dragged Hooper through the streets in Hillsborough during a riot. Hooper advised that Governor Tryon use as much force as was necessary to stamp out the rebels and even accompanied the troops at the Battle of Alamance in 1771. [ 7 ]
The Regulator movement against the corrupt colonial administration of North Carolina from around 1767 to 1771 presaged the American Revolution. It began with organized groups of rural North Carolinans refusing to pay inflated taxes to corrupt authorities, and eventually built to an armed rebellion (which was crushed). [3]
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 ...
Gun control debates persist as an election year approaches. Staying informed about the current state of gun legislation, both cross-nationally and more specifically within North Carolina, is crucial.
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