An incumbent is a current officeholder, running for re-election.
I know that Salem Poor fought at Bunker Hill and I think he fought at Saratoga as well.
They were colonies of great Britain
Great Britain had taken over the areas and declared them to be British spheres of interests following the decline of the Ottoman empire. Egypt specifically was of prime significance to Britain as it was the new route to India and the colonies in the Eastern coast of Africa.
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