Salutary Neglect

The strict Salutary Neglect policy arose fromravenous ways of England.
Great Britain's endeavor to promote prosperityThe effect of Great Britain's Salutary Neglect
within the Colonies. This act was endorsed by St.policy on American society had a devastating
Andrews Episcopal, and existed from 1607-1763.impact on religion within the colonies. Primarily,
It was enacted in an attempt to limit Englishcolonists experienced extraordinary religious
control over the American Colonies by permittingtolerance and freedom. Elated by their divergence
more freedoms to the pilgrims. This policyfrom the Church of England new spiritual liberties
imperatively developed American society inled Puritan colonists to desirably center the
legislative assemblies, commerce, and religion.importance of open creed. With this perception
Salutary Neglect led to the formation of legislativefocused in the minds of the colonists The Great
assemblies within the colonies due to the lack ofAwakening commenced, spreading renown
governing influence in North America. Citizensamongst the colonies, people flocked to the
exercised their newfound freedom and formedchurches seeking salvation without persecution. In
legislative assemblies leading to the establishmentthe early 1730's, this revelation toward the
of their own government. The movementprotestant religion, which had been taxed and
towards a governmental system by legislativeunfairly elevated within England for the past
assemblies was provoked by the unjust rule ofdecades, was finally concluded. Colonists could
the British monarchy. The English colonists' striveddevout their beings into the divine sanctity of the
to achieve a Democratic government of choice,"Holy Spirit", and achieve salvation in their own
distinctly separate and essentially improved uponmanner. The freedom of worship revitalized the
from the heredity of a malicious monarchy. Thesecolonists who had been chronically oppressed by
diligent efforts led to the formation of the Housethe fallaciously greedy ideas of the Church of
of Burgesses in 1619, the leading sovereignEngland were abolished to the new world.
government; additionally they led to the creationReligious persecution toward the pilgrims forced
of the Mayflower Compact, which would laterthem to migrate from the inadequate religious
form the American Constitution.foundation and vicious tariffs of England. The
Salutary Neglect's influence on the colonies wascolonist had to break free from England's distant
crucial to the development of many aspectsdictatorship and excel on a pure set of freedoms,
within the American society; of course commercewhich still divide the world in major differences;
was no exception. The newly establisheddefending and fighting for these arguable entities
freedoms in legislature were responsible forcreate our individuality. Developing the liberation of
managing colonial commerce, which reliedDemocratic government has made the colonies
profoundly upon the Triangular Trade, foreignunique, and for that uniqueness the colonists
trade, and colonial trade. Though the British triedfought. From Plymouth Rock, to the first
to control colonial trade with the Navigation Actsrepresentative government of the new world,
in 1650, procrastinated enforcement of theseHouse of Burgees, to all those that died of
policies disrupted foreign trade, and severelydysentery and smallpox colonist fought, colonist
angered colonists. The necessities so bountifullyfought to impede the formation of the United
relied upon, along with the trade relations amongstStates of England.
fellow countries had been severed by the