Why Did Britain End Salutary Neglect

When Britain ended salutary neglect, the colonists’ got mad. It was a major turning point in the history of America because it allowed Britain to gain control over all of the American colonies, and make laws and tax the people however they wanted to. This helped Britain get out of debt after the French and Indian War.

Before Britain ended salutary neglect, colonists’ were allowed to do whatever they wanted to. They could apply self-government to the colonies, trade and sell to other countries besides Britain, or travel anywhere they wanted to. Colonists’ were not really quarantined by Britain.

One of the British policies that Britain enforced on the colonists’ that help end salutary neglect, was the Navigation acts. These acts were laws that the British Parliament passed, stating that the colonists’ were only allowed to trade and sell goods to Britain and

At first, the colonists’ were fine with it because they had a guaranteed place to trade/sell with, but eventually got mad because they wanted to sell to other countries for higher prices.

Another British policies that Britain enforced on the colonists’ that help end salutary neglect was the writs of assistance act. This act gave British authorities the right to search colonists’ houses and check for smuggled goods. This is a big British policy that helped end salutary neglect, because the colonists’ were used to doing whatever they wanted. They didn’t have to pay a lot of tax to Britain at all, so the British custom officers searching through the colonies, to check for goods that were not paid for was a huge policy that the British parliament used to end salutary neglect in the colonies.
What the colonists’ did due to the writs of assistance, was that they would keep moving the smuggled goods to different places, when a custom officer was coming to check. This kept the colonists’ safe from paying taxes for all of their