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What is salutary neglect

This means to not enforce laws, particularly where the enforcement may have counterproductive results.

It is often used to describe the British policy of leniency in dealng with trade matters in the American colonies. This refers to the British not strictly enforcing parliamentary laws to keep the colonies obedient.
the british policy of leaving the american colonies alone.

How did Britain plan to pay for the huge expenses of the French and Indian War
By increasing taxes that American colonists had to pay.
Why did the calverts manor system fail

plantation owners would rather buy slaves and tobacco

Which side did African Americans fight for in the American Revolution

they fought for both sides

When the British declared martial law in Massachusetts

rights of citizens were taken away

Which American general changed sides to fight for the British

BENEDiCT ARNOLD-apexvs

Which act required colonial assemblies to house and pay british soldiers

quartering act--apex

What was an advantage of representative government

Representative democracy has an advantage in comparison to direct democracy, because the more citizens you have, the more difficult it becomes for them all to get together and make a collective decision about anything. It is not impossible, and even in our representative system we sometimes hold a referendum so that everybody can make their wishes known, however, it is not feasible to hold a referendum every time the government needs to make a decision about anything.

Elected officials could study issues carefully.

The spread of enlightenment ideas was helped by

The growth of cities and towns

Both the stamp act and the townshend acts resulted in

Colonial boycotts of British goods

What was an affect on the great awakening

The great awakening resulted in a rebellion against the normal authoritarian religious rule.

King George III saw the actions of the Sons of Liberty as

treasonous

The British Army forced the Americans to retreat but sustained heavy losses at

Answer this The British Army forced the Americans to retreat, but sustained heavy losses at:

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How did the revolutionary war affect the euro Quad how did the revolutionary war affect the Iroquois

It caused Iroquois tribes to fight each other

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