EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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The colonies developed a strong tradition of self-government
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Many proprietary colonies were converted to royal colonies
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The colonies refused to participate in a system of common defense
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Many colonies sought economic aid from other countries
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Detailed explanation-1: -From 1690 to 1760, Parliament and the king of England allowed colonists in America to exercise a great deal of control over local and regional matters. Historians have described this practice as “salutary neglect."
Detailed explanation-2: -Salutary neglect was Britain’s unofficial policy, initiated by prime minister Robert Walpole, to relax the enforcement of strict regulations, particularly trade laws, imposed on the American colonies late in the seventeenth and early in the eighteenth centuries.
Detailed explanation-3: -Salutary neglect benefitted the American colonies by allowing them to establish foreign trade relationships without British government control. The colonies also had enough freedom from the British to shape the foundations of American government.
Detailed explanation-4: -An example of salutary neglect in American colonial history would be Great Britain’s lax enforcement of the Navigation Acts, which had been passed during the mid-to-late-1600s. These laws were passed to tighten royal control over colonial economic affairs and protect England’s domestic manufacturers.
Detailed explanation-5: -Salutary neglect was an unofficial British policy of non-enforcement of trade regulations on their American colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries. The purpose was to maximize economic output amongst the colonists while maintain some form of control.