The British Empire in America dealt with a quite unique situation in that those who became rebellious were the colonists, rather than the colonized. Doesn't really compare well to situations in which an empire dealt with a colonized population.
The distinction you are making is that of settler colonialism and colonialism. It may have been a first at the time but the Brits were destined to deal with it again (in Israel and Rhodesia, right off the top of my head).
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