Salutary Neglect
England’s One Bad Momma!
Years =
Definition (In Book and Discuss)=
Colonial Economics and
Navigation Acts
• Causes
o Define Navigation Acts =
• Effects
o Are the colonies following the
Navigation Acts? Explain!
• Causes
Defense of 13 Colonies
o 1. England has no
_____________in the
colonies.
o 2. England is to busy
building _______________
• Effects
o 1. Colonies create their
own __________
o 2. Leaders like
__________step up
o 3. Colonies feel they can
solve
___________________and
defend their own
__________.
Colonial Government
Why did self-gov. start in the first place?
• Caused by English Kings
o 1. Kings more interested in the affairs
of __________not the colonies
o 2. The colonies were very
________________
o 3. The King was happy as long as
Mercantilism was bringing England
__________
• Effects: Colonies began
too…
o 1. Form their own ________
o 2. Make their own ________ and _____
o 3. Get use to having no __________
o 4. Get use being In____________
• Causes:
o England's Religion is the Anglican
Church with the King as its leader,
which means England had no
separation of __________ and
__________.
o However, the colonies were far
away and England used them to
get rid of different groups like the
Puritans, Catholics, and Quakers
• Effects Due to Neglect
o 1. Colonies developed the idea
of Freedom of _________
o 2. This freedom led to the Great
Awakening which spread
___________thinking and
____________ ideals.
o 3. Main reason colonists were
coming to America was for
__________ ___ __________.
Religion
Freedom of Speech/Press
• Causes: In England the
King controls speech and
press
Freedom of Speech/Press
• Effects Due to Neglect:
o 1. Colonist became
good at spreading
_____________using a
free press
o 2. Colonist became
use to giving their
__________ on the
government
o 3. Colonist felt they
had certain
__________rights
o 4. Led to colonists
writing the ____________
____ ____________ in
1776.
Salutary Neglect Essay
• Write a paragraph essay explaining Salutary
Neglect and how it led to an independent 13
Colonies.
• Use the rubric and sentence starters given to help
complete the assignment.
• This can be hand written or typed.