<span>a. By providing large numbers of reinforcements
b. By supporting the last major allied offensive
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Loyalty.
It should be understood that spoil system can be described or explained as a situation whereby an individual is being compensated for the support he/she has rendered before.
For example, an elected governor that gives out contracts to the people that supported him during his campaign and election for their loyalty.
Colonists argued that they should have a vote on taxes in Parliament if they are to be taxed by the British Government. The famous phrase that was coined was, "No taxation without representation," which was the colonists demands for the ability to have a say in the taxes that were enacted on them by the British.