The French believed that if you adopted the French Culture, you could join them (They never figured out why the ignorant natives didn't want French culture). They actually had plans to incorporate SE Asia and Algeria into the Republic.
The English were very racist. They didn't care one lick about culture. If you weren't white, you weren't good enough.
[video=youtube;MhLqPfAylF4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhLqPfAylF4[/video]