Answer: The correct answer is : Farming communities far from nations were experiencing difficult economic and political situations. To defend themselves and assert their rights, the farmers formed regulatory groups, organizations designed to provide order and defend the interests of the community against any threat, whether internal or external. Some of these groups are: the New Jersey anti-property movement, the New York anti-income movement, the "Paxton Boys" Regulation, the North Carolina Regulations, the South Carolina Regulations, the "Green Mountain Boys" movement, Shays' rebellion, whiskey rebellion, french fries rebellion and Maine's "freedom boys" resistance.