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What caused the regulator movement in North Carolina?

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Led by small farmers protesting the corruption and extortionate practices of sheriffs and court officials, the Regulators, strongest in Orange, Granville, Halifax, and Anson counties, at first petitioned (1764-65) the assembly to recall its officers.

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