How Did The United Kingdom Have Colonised

Through history there has been many example of humans trying to impose their own "civilization" on unfamiliar cultures. For example, when The United Kingdom forced west Africa to modernize. Another example is when Hitler forced many people to follow his religion or way of thinking. And lastly how settlers imposed their forces on Native Americans in order to have them leave their homeland. The United Kingdom had colonised some part of Africa, mostly the west side. Some of the countries were Ghana and Nigeria. The way they imposed their own "civilization" was by trying to educate or teach the indigenous tribes. The United Kingdom wanted to bring the European influence into Africa. The problem with this is that the indigenous tribes didn't