Discuss the methods used to maintain power in two colonial states.

Candidates will offer a considered and balanced review of the methods used to maintain power in two colonial states. While the focus of the response must be within the timeframe of this topic, the two states chosen need not be contemporaneous and they may or may not be chosen from the same region. Additionally, the colonial states/territories chosen may have been ruled by the same, or different, colonial powers. Candidates will avoid discussion of how power was gained unless it directly affects the methods that were employed after colonial power had been established. Methods to be considered may include administrative, political, religious, military, legal or cultural. Candidates may choose to follow a comparative approach, organized around methods, or they may choose to discuss the two societies separately.