Willoughby rounded up and deported many Roundheads from Barbados, confiscating their property. To try to bring the recalcitrant colony to heel, the Commonwealth Parliament passed an act on 3 October 1650 prohibiting trade between England and Barbados, and because the island also traded with the Netherlands, further navigation acts were passed prohibiting any but English vessels trading with Dutch colonies. These acts were a precursor to the First Anglo-Dutch War.
Willoughby rounded up and deported many Roundheads from Barbados confiscating their property To try to bring the recalcitrant colony to heel the Commonwealth Parliament passed an act on 3 October 1650 prohibiting trade between England and Barbados and because the island also traded with the Netherlands further navigation acts were passed prohibiting any but English vessels trading with Dutch colonies These acts were a precursor to the First Anglo-Dutch War