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What was salutary neglect?

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salutary neglect is the 17th and 18th century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep British colonies obedient to England.

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Salutary neglect 1607-1763

Salutary neglect was an undocumented, long standing British policy .
of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, this was meant to keep the American Colonies obedient to Great Britain .
This policy also allowed the enforcement of trade relation laws to be lenient
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