In what ways was colonial rule established in various parts of africa and asia

The passage to colonial status occurred various ways, in India conquest grew out of the early interaction with European trading firms. For most of Africa, mainland Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands came later out of competition for resources and markets. Ultimately the European understanding of gaining colonial rule can be summed up in the following statement "whatever happens we have got the Maxim gun [an automatic machine gun] and they have not."

Asian and African colonial takeovers both included military force or the threat of using military force. The Asian takeover was partly caused by interaction with European trading.