An Act for prohibiting Trade with the Barbadoes, Virginia, Bermuda and Antego or Act prohibiting Commerce and Trade with the Barbodoes, Antigo, Virginia, and Bermudas alias Summer's Islands was an Act of law passed by the Rump Parliament of England during the Interregnum against English colonies which sided with the Crown in the English Civil War. Although the newer, Puritan settlements in North America, most notably Massachusetts, were dominated by Parliamentarians, the older colonies sided with the Crown. Six colonies recognized Charles II after the

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in 1649:

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, Virginia, Maryland, and Newfoundland. The Parliamentarians were busy subduing

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in Scotland, Ireland, the

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, the Isle of Man, and the

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, and could not immediately force their rule on the colonies. The Virginia Company's settlements,

and Virginia (Bermuda was the first colony to recognize Charles II, deposing its Parliamentarian Governor and electing a replacement, while its Independent Puritans were expelled, settling the

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under William Sayle), as well as

and

were conspicuous in their loyalty to the Crown, and were singled out by the Rump Parliament in ''An Act for prohibiting Trade with the Barbadoes, Virginia, Bermuda and Antego'', which was passed on the 30 October 1650.''Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660''. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1911 (British History: October 1650: An Act for prohibiting Trade with the Barbadoes, Virginia, Bermuda and Antego)
/ref> The Act read:

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{{Reflist Acts of the Parliament of England North America in the English Civil War Interregnum (England) History of British Antigua and Barbuda History of the Colony of Barbados History of Bermuda History of Virginia

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