What is salutary neglect?

What is salutary neglect?

a. Failure of a member of colonial government to pay proper tribute to someone of a higher office
b. The British government’s policy of not enforcing its own laws on the North American colonies
c. The British government’s failure to export enough manufactured goods to the North American colonies
d. The refusal of colonists to pay taxes to the British crown
e. The failure of colonists to live in accordance with British law

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b. The British government’s policy of not enforcing its own laws on the North American colonies

British Prime Minister Robert Walpole felt that the American colonies would be better off without England’s Mercantilist rules hanging over their heads.

British Prime Minister Robert Walpole was all about salutary neglect