Fear. basically threatening different things to the people (it depends on who we need to talk abt, there was more than one tyrant.) like burn down the cities of the "unbelivers", or kill the children of the pesants, or something like that.
Answer:
He gave farm land to the poor.
Explanation:
Apparently, Nerva gave the poor/general public slots of land, sums of money, and exempted people from the inheritance tax. This was to gain their favor, but his actions actually hurt the Roman Treasury.
It could motivate colonies to unite because if the French come with armies and weapons . The French could take all their money and possessions , so colonist would feel scared to loose everything and unite to fight back the french