The plan would result in domination of the country by special interests
I think this was John Adams
A division of labor occurred when people started producing a surplus of food because it was no longer necessary to use all of the labor force to subsist off of agricultural goods. Once a society or community can produce enough to survive and eat the labor force will begin to work in other industries creating a division of labor this could include making textiles, building homes, or any other number of economic activities.
because australia adopted its religon and language when colonized.
Britain still had a substantial amount of colonies and gradually decolonized overtime.
The French wanted older colonies back in their possession such as South-East Asian nations of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.