what was an unwritten British Policy throughout the late 1600s to mid 1700s, where the british government did not enforce the earlier trade laws, such as the navigation acts nor did they directly tax the colonists.
Salutary neglect, policy of the British government from the early to mid-18th century regarding its North American colonies under which trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced and imperial supervision of internal colonial affairs was loose as long as the colonies remained loyal to the British government ...
