The British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies inadvertently contributed to the American Revolution. This was because during the period of salutary neglect, when the British government wasn't enforcing its laws in the colonies, the colonists became accustomed to governing themselves
The answer is A because if you know who Robert Fulton is, then you know that his steamboat is called Clermont, which makes it the answer.
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