Salutary neglect (1 jan 1689 ano – 1 jan 1763 ano)

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A period of salutary neglect

- Britain regulated trade loosely
- Navigation Acts
- expensive to enforce
- as long as enough wealth made its way back to England, they're good
- don't want to incite colonial resistance

Ended by French and Indian War
- war caused huge debt
- Parliament raised taxes to pay off debt
- breakdown of relationships
- British saw colonists as simpletons
- Proclamation of 1763

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