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What were the different methods of colonial self-governance in the period of Salutary Neglect?

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On of the different methods of colonial self-governance in What were the different methods of colonial self-governance in the period of Salutary Neglect? was the possibility for colonies to establish their own form of governments and to elect representatives, as was the case of the Virginia House of Burgesses, that became the first legislature of the colonial years in the North American territory.

The period of Salutary Neglect was a time in the American colonist's history in which the British government reduced the enforcement of laws in the American territory. The British crown decided that with better trade, colonies would prosper and benefit Great Britain. The British only asked the colonists to remain loyal to the King of England.