Explain how such a small nation as Britain could gain such a large empire.

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.

answer: wait what

explanation:

the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.