The States-General received their memorial, and also listened to the reply of the agent, whom Stuyvesant had sent out to plead his cause.

The decision of the States was virtually a rebuke of the dictatorial government of Stuyvesant, and several very important reforms were ordered.

This decision displeased the West India Company.

Those men deemed their rights infringed upon by this action of the States-General.

They were therefore led to espouse the cause of the governor.