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  2. Salutary neglect - Wikipedia

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    In American history, salutary neglect was the 18th-century policy of the British Crown of avoiding the strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, especially trade laws, as long as British colonies remained loyal to the government and contributed to the economic growth of their parent country, England and then, after the Acts of Union 1707, Great Britain.

  3. Sugar Act - Wikipedia

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    Long title: An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in Africa, for continuing, amending, and making perpetual, an act in the sixth year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Second, (initituled, An act for the better securing and encouraging the trade of his Majesty's sugar colonies in America) for applying the produce of such duties, and of the ...

  4. Declaratory Act - Wikipedia

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    The American Colonies Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3.c. 12), commonly known as the Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the amendment of the Sugar Act.

  5. Townshend Acts - Wikipedia

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    Long title: An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation, from this kingdom, of coffee and cocoa nuts of the produce of the said colonies or plantations; for discontinuing the drawbacks payable on china earthen ware exported to America; and for more effectually preventing the ...

  6. History of the United States (1776–1789) - Wikipedia

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    During the 17th and 18th centuries, British colonies in America were given considerable autonomy under the system of salutary neglect. [2] This autonomy was challenged in the 1760s by several acts of the Grenville ministry , including the Stamp Act 1765 and the Quartering Acts .

  7. Edmund Andros - Wikipedia

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    Coat of Arms of Edmund Andros. Andros was born in London on 6 December 1637. Amice Andros, his father, was Bailiff of Guernsey and a staunch supporter of Charles I.His mother was Elizabeth Stone, whose sister was a courtier to the king's sister, Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia. [4]

  8. History of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The British colonies were also marked by a policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, known as salutary neglect. This permitted the development of an American spirit distinct from that of its European founders. [37] Map of the British, French and Spanish settlements in North America in 1750, before the French and Indian War

  9. James Henretta - Wikipedia

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    Documents for America's History, Volume 1: To 1877; America: A Concise History; Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass; Evolution and Revolution "Salutary Neglect": Colonial Administration Under the Duke of Newcastle [5]