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Few Europeans, reliance on local elites
Cooperation brings jobs, status, wealth
Western-educated elite

Creates tension
Traditional elites weakened
Racial hierarchy

Resistance

rebellion of others

Indian Rebellion
Trigger: greased cartridges
Religious offense

Results:
End of British East India Company rule
Direct British control over India
Greater racial divide, conservative policy

Colonial Empires with a Difference

Race central to rule
Settler colonies = harsher systems
South Africa, apartheid