Salutary neglect

Summary

• Salutary neglect is an undocumented, though longstanding, British policy of allowing the parliamentary laws meant to keep the American colonies subservient to England to slide. Prime Minister Robert Walpole stated in 1688 that if no restrictions were on the colonies, they would flourish.

Similar Topics

• Salutory neglect
• Hemispatial neglect
• Neglect
• Unilateral neglect
• Benign neglect
• Neglect (band)

Related Topics

• Prime Minister
• Robert Walpole
• The American

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