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©2018 of 194 American trade with the rest of the world, but stated that if either Britain or France infringed on U.S. policy, America would revive non-importation against the country that didn't repeal its restrictions. On November 1810, America began a non-importation policy against Britain because Napoleon said he would repeal France's own commercial restrictions. This greatly heated tension between Britain and the U.S. 8.25 Native American Resistance and Tippecanoe Creek (Tecumseh's War) President Madison ordered General William Henry Harrison (Governor of Indiana territory) to end the uprisings led by Tecumseh of the Shawnee. In 1811, Harrison, with a force of 1,000 men arrived near Tippecanoe Creek and met with the Native Americans about a mile away from Prophet's Town. Prophet's Town, what is now Lafayette, Indiana, became an organized place where Natives tribes gathered to form a united resistance against infiltration by the United States. Hearing about this resistance against the United States, Britain helped the Native Americans in their efforts by arming and supplying the resistance. Fighting broke out, Harrison took heavy losses, but he had managed to destroy Prophet's Town and the Native American tribes fled. The battle weakened Tecumseh's hope to expel the U.S. while it made William Henry Harrison famous. In 1840, Harrison would run for president under the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too”. Eventually the Shawnee were pushed into Kansas. 8.26 War Hawks Southern frontiersman wanted Spanish Florida, which included the southern ranges of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. They resented the Spanish support of Native American plundering against the bordering U.S. settlements. People viewed Britain as the background cause of their problems, influencing Spain's actions. The Congress of 1811 was filled with a strong pro-war group called the War Hawks, led by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. They dominated both houses and began campaigning for war with Britain. On June 1, 1812, President Madison drew up a declaration of war, and Congress authorized it. The United States would go to war with the British again. 8.27 The War of 1812 An invasion of Canada failed on all fronts for the United States and they were pushed back to their own borders. At sea, U.S. privateers and frigates, most famous of which was “Old Ironsides” scored early victories over British warships. Although successful at first the U.S. ships were soon driven back to their ports and then blockaded by the British ships. Achieve Page 104