The period known as "salutary neglect" is best described as having taken place:
C before the American Revolution.
Salutary neglect refers to the British colonial policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep the American colonies obedient to England, allowing the colonies to thrive and develop their own economic and political systems. This attitude prevailed primarily in the early to mid-18th century, prior to the tensions that led to the American Revolution.