Multiple choice

What is salutary neglect? What years were the practiced?

  1. Absence of England officials in the colonies. 1650-1750

  2. Absence of England officials in the colonies. 1625-1763

  3. England officials running the colonies. 1625-1763

  4. England officials running the colonies. 1650-1750

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Explanation

Salutary neglect refers to the British policy of loosely enforcing trade regulations in the American colonies, which generally lasted from the late 17th century until the end of the French and Indian War in 1763.