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Salutary neglect
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect
The British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies inadvertently contributed to the American Revolution. This was because during the period of salutary neglect, when the British government wasn't enforcing its laws in the colonies, the colonists became accustomed to governing themselves.
Salutary neglect was a very "hands-off" approach to the colonies by England. It was a method intended to keep the colonies favorably obedient to England. In the American colonies it, instead, fostered self-control and self-governance which led to the Revolutionary War.
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trade with France
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The colonies developed a merchant marine industry.
the british policy of leaving the American colonies alone
For a while, Britain did not enforce all its laws in the American colonies, hoping this policy of salutary neglect would avoid conflict.