[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I said with a "few notable exceptions". India yes, in a fashion, but in the case of Canada and Australia you could argue that they were settlements rather then colonies.

[expatpat]

.....in the case of Canada and Australia you could argue that they were settlements rather then colonies

Now you're stretching -- they were similar to what preceded the US, and G. Washington et al sure thought of them as 'colonies'.