What was the period of salutary neglect?
a
a time in which colonial governments received no support from the english government

b
a time in which all members of colonial governments were appointed by the king of england

c
a time in which the colonies were allowed to expand west if they maintained peace with american indians

d
a time in which the colonies were allowed to govern themselves if the colonies remained profitable

The period of Salutary Neglect was a time in which the colonies were allowed to govern themselves if they remained profitable (D).

Salutary Neglect refers to an English policy towards its American colonies from the early seventeenth to the late eighteenth centuries. The idea was to let the colonies act relatively freely and flourish without being too much restricted by the laws of the British Crown.

An example of the laws which were not enforced in the colonies is the Navigation Acts, which would have the colonists make commerce with England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland only.

what are the choices?

the government paid religious orders to provide basic education to native american children on reservations. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the bureau of indian affairs (bia) founded additional boarding schools based on the assimilation model of the off-reservation carlisle indian industrial school.