<P> The War of the Regulation or the 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 . Though the rebellion did not change the power structure , some historians consider it a catalyst to the American Revolutionary War . </P>
how was the rebellion of the regulators in north carolina similar to the american revolution
citizens took up arms against colonial officials