'''Salutary neglect''' was the period in the [[American colonies]] before the [[French and Indian War]] in which [[British]] enforcement of laws in the colonies was lax.<ref>http://712educators.about.com/cs/historyarlessons/l/blamrevsal.htm</ref> | '''Salutary neglect''' was the period in the [[American colonies]] before the [[French and Indian War]] in which [[British]] enforcement of laws in the colonies was lax.<ref>http://712educators.about.com/cs/historyarlessons/l/blamrevsal.htm</ref> |