Answer:
European imperialism used diverse methods to rule colonies:
- Direct administration by governors appointed and sent by the metropolis;
- war and military occupation;
- brutal repression of resistance patriots and the civil population, or of any political dissent;
- co-optation of local elites; local elites were allowed to retain much of their power over local peoples in exchange for their submission to the central colonial authority;
- developing infrastructure and economic policies not for the development of local societies, but for the benefit of the metropolis.
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