The sociological perspective is Symbolic Interactionist Perspective.
The symbolic interactionist perspective of sociology considers that society is a product of the daily social interactions of individuals. This perspective looks at individual and group meaning-making, focusing on human action instead of large-scale social structures.Symbolic interactionists also study how people use symbols to create meaning. In studying deviance, these theorists observe how people in everyday situations define deviance, which differs between cultures and environments.
Colonies are newly founded lands on a certain location in this sense while they still swore allegiance to the old country. When talking about militia and colonies we have to know that militias which were self-assemblied were often the first and only line of defence. This was also in part due to bad logistic.
I think you’re describing a colony
Great Britain was blockading the american coast and was interfering with trade