desire for fine british goods
The colonies developed a merchant marine industry.
more self-sufficient.
the policy of Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect
The British policy of salutary neglect helped to relax the trade laws that were strictly imposed on the American Colonies. This was made so that they could focus more on European politics.
The colonies developed a merchant marine industry.
A desire for self-governement
Salutary neglect
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.
Salutary neglect
salutary neglect
trade with France
more self-sufficient.
salutary neglect
Salutary Neglect
the british policy of leaving the American colonies alone
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.