User: Who were the American regulators in the 1700s?
Assistant: In the early 1700s, there was no single set of “American regulators” that we could point to. This was before the United States began to unify, and federal government was in its infancy. Instead, each of the thirteen colonies functioned as an independent political entity, with its own form of government and sense of identity. Over time, however, there were calls for a unified system to govern all the colonies and create a more robust federal government. The Continental Congress was established in 1774, and has served as the precursor to the modern United States Congress.