Jesse deFOREST presented a petition to the British Ambassador at the Hague, 31 July 1621, to settle in Virginia. The British conditionally accepted the offer, 12 August 1621; but when unacceptable restrictions were put on by the English authorities, the Walloon traders turned to the Dutch and the "Dutch West India Company" was formed to trade with the Indians in America at the Dutch colonies in Brazil and New Amsterdam.