Salutary neglect

During the middle-years of the development of the colonies, Britain let go of their colonial possessions, and let the colonies be a freestanding nation for a period of time in order for Britain to pursue political and military ventures elsewhere. This policy of salutary neglect gave the colonists a taste of freedom from the crown, and it gave the colonies a warming-up period to start their own legislature, commercial transactions, and religious affiliations. The colonies …

…to stand on their own, and Britain knew that much. Parliament tried to correct their errors by imposing strict taxes on the colonies, but by that time, nothing in their power could subdue the ideas that “yes, we can get along without the king.” Through baffles and coincidences, Britain spawned a nation through salutary neglect that summed up to be greater than the mother country which only started as a succession of small business ventures.