Salutary Neglect Research Paper

Before the 1750’s, Britain policy of salutary neglect influences the development of American society by having a self government and growth in the colonial legislative assemblies. However, the trade restriction were not enforced, It did obligate them to be under the power of the church and to follow it. This influenced the development by letting the merchants to smuggle and control trade. The colonies were left alone for a long period of time by the British. This treatment of salutary neglect toward the colonies allowed the colonies to take things into their own hands and to take control of things. During this time, the colonies set up their own government. This lead them to have a self government and the control of their own religion. This was both good and bad, the colonies had a self government, but the British did not like the idea of this. Due to this political structure of the colonies, the Anglo American government attempted to influence them to support elected assemblies. These …show more content…
The British began to take control on who the colonies can trade with, this was known as the Navigation Act. The British did not enforce its regulations of trade. Britain place the tariffs on the colonies. The goods were easily smuggled and were traded with others. This allowed the colonist to import and export from who they wanted to trade with. James II went against and did not like the idea of merchants who were smuggling. This lead to the Dominion of New England in which they have raised and collected taxes. Later when James was overthrown by Mary and William during the Glorious Revolution, illegal smuggling was paid no attention to due to salutary neglect. The Navigation act had accumulated the control of goods from the colonies to others. The salutary neglect encouraged merchants to overrun the Navigation Acts by smuggling and by ignoring it if it was the be