<P> Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to the seventeenth - and eighteenth - century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England . The term comes from Edmund Burke 's `` Speech on Conciliation with America '' given in the House of Commons March 22 , 1775 . </P>
<P> Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to the seventeenth - and eighteenth - century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England . The term comes from Edmund Burke 's `` Speech on Conciliation with America '' given in the House of Commons March 22 , 1775 . </P>
what was the british policy of not enforcing laws in the colonies
what was the british policy of not enforcing laws in the colonies
Salutary neglect
Salutary neglect