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Events on Thursday 16 May 1771 1
1771Battle of AlamanceRoyal militia crushes the Regulator uprising in North CarolinaOn 16 May 1771, colonial militia led by Royal Governor William Tryon defeated several thousand Regulators protesting corrupt local officials and unfair taxation in North Carolina. The battle ended the War of the Regulation, and several captured Regulators were later executed for treason. Some historians view it as an early precursor to the American Revolution.