Barbados (Cromwell the Great)

Barbados is a Commonwealth colony in the Lesser Antilles, in the Americas.

Government
The colony became re subdivided into eleven parishes, each sending two representatives to the House of Assembly. The Governor, named by the Protector, is advised by a Council.

Governor of Barbados
 * Francis, Baron Willoughby of Parham (1650-1651)
 * Sir George Ayscue, October 1651–1652
 * Daniel Searle, 1652 – ...
 * Daniel Searle, 1652 – ...

Economy
Since the first settlement by the British in 1625, through history the economy of Barbados was primarily dependent on agriculture. The cultivation of tobacco and cotton crops were first introduced. The island, facing a large amount of competition from the North American colonies and the neighbouring West Indian islands, switched to the crop of sugarcane. Cultivation of sugarcane was quickly introduced by the exiled Jewish community which immigrated into Barbados from Dutch Brazil during the mid-17th century. The introduction of sugarcane became the single best move for the Barbados economy. The economy boomed and Barbados has become populated with so many windmills that the island had at one time the second highest density of windmills in the world, second only to the Netherlands.