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    autonomous and a number of political issues developed in Britain, the British government began neglect their control of the day-to-day function of the colonies, the result of which was that between the years of about 1690 to 1763, the British employed a policy towards the American colonies known as salutary

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    From the start the colonies were never paid much attention by Great Britain. Great Britain had a policy of salutary neglect. This means that Great Britain would stay hands off of most colonial affairs as long as the colonies paid and obeyed trade and tax laws. Great Britain believed as long as they minded their own business the colonies would stay in line. If not for this neglect many of the core principles the U.S. was founded on would not have been created. One of these is the legislative assembly

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    colonized America in 1607. Unlike the majority of the colonies the British governed, America was given salutary neglect due to the arduous journey between America and Britain. Salutary neglect is the process of self governing, within colonies, away from the command of the motherland. The Americans cherished the neglect by the British as they established their own law and taxation system. However, this neglect soon ended when the colonists along with the British went to war against the French and Native Americans

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    The salutary neglect is a term that lasted from the late 17th to the early 18th century. Before the salutary neglect took place, Britain enforced different acts on the colonies only so that the mother country (England) will benefit. Such acts were the Wool Act of 1699, Molasses Act of 1733 and the Navigation Acts, all benefiting the mother country, England. The salutary neglect took place when Britain got involved in a series of wars. This meant that there would be no one to enforce the acts to the

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    Salutary Neglect- Between 1690 and 1760, the colonist went to little problems from the British. Salutary Neglect was an idea which could be beneficial to the colonies. The concept of this idea was that America could experience self-government and people could make their own rules. The Salutary Neglect make the colonies violate the Navigation Act and allowed the colonies to feel being independent. The colonies had their own legislatures which made their own laws. Proclamation of 1763 was ordered

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    Salutary Neglect Frederick Turner said, that "frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history." Continental America had been settled by the turn of the century. Some say it is time for America to have a new frontier and that it might be found overseas. During the turn of the century, the United States become very involved in the affairs of the world. The United States would annex Hawaii and control the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. They would

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    By the mid-1700’s, American colonists had grown accustomed to Great Britain’s lax enforcement of royal laws and taxes in the colonies, an unofficial policy known as “salutary neglect.” Though many laws existed regarding foreign and local trade in the colonies, they were not strictly enforced, and as a result smuggling and evading taxes was common, even expected Many colonists had originally travelled to the Americas in pursuit of liberty and freedom. Some came fleeing religious persecution and seeking

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    The definition of Salutary Neglect is an unofficial and long term 17th and 18th-century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. This British policy of Salutary Neglect was never documented although Britain was strict about it. Salutary Neglect often is associated with laws regarding trade. It was effected during mainly the Navigational Acts and the Triangular Trade. It was an unofficial policy that ensured the colonists

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    During the period before seventeen fifty, salutary neglect influenced the development of American society. Salutary neglect refers to the unofficial and long term British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep the American colonies obedient to England during the seventeenth and eighteenth century. While this was happening, American society changed and developed in many different ways. This was due to things like, being able to trade freely, having a localized government

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    changes American history. In colonial America, salutary neglect occurred and this made colonists happy. Salutary neglect was when the British Crown was lax on their laws and let American colonists have a bit of freedom. However, when they were stripped of that, their mindsets towards the Crown did a 180 and built up anger and resentment towards Parliament. This happened because Americans started to become more democratic and independent under salutary neglect. Prior to the American Revolution, America

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