Image of re-enactors preparing a cannon at Alamance Battleground Historic Site in Alamance County, N.C.  After several years of increasing rebellion and violence from backcountry residents protesting fees and government corruption, Governor Tryon sent militia to deal with the Regulators at Alamance in May of 1771.  The battle occurred on May 16, with Tryon's military taking the victory.  Several Regulators were taken captive and charged, and 6 were hanged.
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