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Regulators and militia clash at Alamance Creek in 1771
In mid May 1771 near Hillsborough North Carolina about 2,000 backcountry Regulators faced 1,000 militia under Gov. William Tryon along Alamance Creek. After orders to disperse the Regulators fired sparking a two hour battle with deaths on both sides. James Few was executed and six others later hanged for treason as tensions between eastern and western counties and colonial governance intensified.
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