WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to an unofficial and long-term 17th & 18th-century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England.

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: -French and Indian War and the End of Salutary Neglect 1754-1775. As a result of debts accrued during to the French and Indian War, England gradually ended their policy of salutary neglect toward the colonies, eventually leading to the American Revolution.

Detailed explanation-5: -Salutary neglect was essential in allowing merchants to independently and freely determine the path of their businesses, which in turn kept them satisfied. Salutary neglect was essential in allowing merchants to independently and freely determine the path of their businesses, which in turn kept them satisfied.