What has been the root cause of conflict in ireland over the past 300 years?
a. the people of northern ireland wanting home rule

b. differences between the protestant minority and catholic majority

c. great britain granting independence to northern ireland

d. the great potato famine, causing the irish to rebel against great britain

the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.