Regulators of North Carolina

War of the Regulation Regulator Movement
British Royal Governor William Tryon confronts the North Carolina Regulators in 1771.
Date 1765 – May 16, 1771 Location Central North Carolina Result Colonial government victory
Belligerents
Regulators	North Carolina colonial militia
Commanders and leaders
Herman Husband James Hunter James Few (POW) Charles Harrington † Benjamin Merrill (POW)	William Tryon Hugh Waddell
Strength
2,300+	1,500
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

Herman Husband
James Hunter
James Few (POW)
Charles Harrington †

William Tryon

The War of the Regulation (also known as Regulator Movement) was an uprising in the British North America's Carolina colonies, lasting from about 1765 to 1771, in which citizens took up arms against colonial officials, whom they viewed as corrupt. Though the rebellion did not change the power structure, some historians consider it a catalyst to the American Revolutionary War.

The British colonial Provinces of North Carolina and South Carolina experienced dramatic population growth in the 1760s, following the increased migration of colonists arriving from the eastern cities seeking greater opportunities in the emerging rural west. The inland section of the colonies had once been predominantly composed of planters with an agricultural economy.

Merchants and lawyers began to move west, upsetting the social and political structure. They were joined by new Scots-Irish immigrants, who populated the backcountry.

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