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How did Britain economically benefit from its colonies during the period of Salutary Neglect?

A. colonists made money through trade and spent that money on British goods
B. The colonies were only allowed to trade with Britain , and Britain controlled prices
C. The colonists traded with Americans Indiana’s for farming tools that helped increase yields.
D.Britain set production quotas for the colonies , and colonists could only sell to Britain

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Great Britain benefited from the policy still got their raw materials from the colonies and the colonies still bought the English finished goods. Great Britain's government longer must use soldiers or money to enforce laws and they can focus on the competition with France for total control of Europe.

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