Empire Control Over Colony

An empire could take over another land or region and take it in as their own colony by simply claiming that land and proving they could control the area. The empire would govern internally and control everything that goes on in that colony.Somaliland in East Africa was a French colony. Great Britain also used imperialism to rule Nigeria as their colony. An empire would totally strip a colony of it's powers or leave them with so little power that they weren't even the same culturally anymore. This would lead to African resistance and revolts.