Salutary Neglect Analysis

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The first reason for the British policy of Salutary Neglect was to ensure that the America Colonies would remain loyal to the British during the period of expansion in Colonial America. The threat of rebellion in the colonies was a clear concern. In 1675 Nathaniel Bacon instigated Bacon's Rebellion against a corrupt Governor and the Culpeper Rebellion against the Colonial Government erupted in Carolina and the Navigation Acts led by John Culpeper. There were no effective enforcement agencies and it was expensive to send British troops to the American colonies which were far away, so the policy of Salutary Neglect meant that such costs could be kept to a minimum. The British policy of Salutary Neglect was, most importantly, about the profits