Question

salutary neglect
“when i know that the colonies in general are like or nothing to any care of ours, and that they are not concerned nor the least happy, how by the constraints of watchful and suspicious government, but that through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection; where i reflect upon these effects, when i see how profitable they have been to us, i feel all the pride of power sink, and all presumption in the wisdom of human contrivances melt and die away within me.”
—edmund burke in a speech before the house of commons, march 22, 1775
this speech would be most important in understanding
a the american victory at lexington and concord
b the treaty of paris that ended the american revolution
c the british insistence that the colonies should remain part of britain
d the feeling that led people in the american colonies to seek independence
which of these best exemplifies the mean of the italicized words in the passage from the text?
a british failure to enforce the navigation act in the mid - 1600s
b british troops firing on protestors at the boston massacre in 1770
c british parliament of the city of boston following the boston tea party
d british troops preventing settlers from moving west of the appalachian mountains

Explanation:

For the first question: Edmund Burke's 1775 speech discusses "salutary neglect"—Britain's long policy of loose control over the colonies. The feeling driving colonists to seek independence grew from this period of self-rule being threatened, making this the best fit for understanding the speech's context.
For the second question: The italicized phrase "wise and salutary neglect" refers to Britain's failure to enforce strict trade laws like the Navigation Acts, letting colonies self-govern and thrive. This lack of enforcement is the core of the term.

Answer:

First question: D. the feeling that led people in the American colonies to seek independence
Second question: A. British failure to enforce the Navigation Act of the mid-1600s.