What is salutary neglect?

A.
a policy based upon the idea that markets work best when the government does not act upon them
B.
the policy which encouraged the colonies to pay no attention to the needs of the empire
C.
a policy based on the premise that as long as the colonies remain lucrative, then they would be governed as little as possible
D.
the policy which guaranteed the colonies the right to self-governor base on the English Bill of Rights

Question

What is salutary neglect?

	A.	
a policy based upon the idea that markets work best when the government does not act upon them
	B.	
the policy which encouraged the colonies to pay no attention to the needs of the empire
	C.	
a policy based on the premise that as long as the colonies remain lucrative, then they would be governed as little as possible
	D.	
the policy which guaranteed the colonies the right to self-governor base on the English Bill of Rights

anonymous · Answer

Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to the unofficial, long-term seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. 

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