Question

How was it that, by 1900,Britain controlled nearly a quarter of the world?

Answer 1

Answer:

It used its wealth, its armies and its navy to defeat rival European countries and to conquer local peoples to establish its empire. ... However, the empire did not just rely on force. In most of the empire Britain relied heavily on local people to make it work.

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