Create your own vigilante that would protect the backcountry. Write a paragraph explaining his/her characteristics, how he/she protects the backcountry, and describe one encounter with outlaws. Use the definition of Regulator Movement in the PPT from Monday. The definition is below:



Regulator Movement

•No law enforcement in the backcountry, settlers took matters into their own hands.
•Felt their society needed to be 'regulated' (controlled or supervised)
•No courts; regulators operated as vigilantes: A self-appointed person or group that operates outside of the law but as an 'officer' of the law
The movement to provide law & order through self-regulation turned lawless. The 'guilty' was hanged or beaten to death without a jury trial, violating their rights as Englishmen.
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•Circuit Court Act of 1769: Set up 7 circuit courthouses around the colony to provide justice, law & order in the region.