They were with the Americans, they even signed a treaty of alliance
In reference to civil conflict in Sri Lanka, the expression "Tamil Eelam" translates as Tamil A) Homeland. Tamil Eelam is the name that Tamil's use to express what they would like to see as an independent Tamil state within Sri Lanka. There has been a long civil war fight in Sri Lanka over the Tamil community's desire for independence and the establishment of their "homeland."
Wheat was commonly produced in the middle colonies of early America.
