Many Westerners blamed the British for Tecumseh’s attacks on pioneer settlements in the Northwest. President Madison explained to Congress that Britain was still interfering with American affairs. “They found all aspects of British interference, such as impressment of sailors and support for western Indians, intolerable” (Faragher p. 188). Congress declared war on June 18, 1812. “Tecumseh’s Alliance in the Old Northwest (1809–1811) and the Creek Rebellion in the Old Southwest (1813–1814) were the culminating struggles in Indian resistance to the American invasion of the trans-Appalachian region. Indian resistance was a major reason for the War of 1812” (Faragher p. 187). Britain helped to provide arms and support to Native Americans in the western frontiers who were attacking American. “The British are fighting to keep the Americans from invading Canada. Tecumseh and the Indians are fighting desperately to hold onto their lands in the Great Lakes region and in the south as well”
Many Westerners blamed the British for Tecumseh’s attacks on pioneer settlements in the Northwest. President Madison explained to Congress that Britain was still interfering with American affairs. “They found all aspects of British interference, such as impressment of sailors and support for western Indians, intolerable” (Faragher p. 188). Congress declared war on June 18, 1812. “Tecumseh’s Alliance in the Old Northwest (1809–1811) and the Creek Rebellion in the Old Southwest (1813–1814) were the culminating struggles in Indian resistance to the American invasion of the trans-Appalachian region. Indian resistance was a major reason for the War of 1812” (Faragher p. 187). Britain helped to provide arms and support to Native Americans in the western frontiers who were attacking American. “The British are fighting to keep the Americans from invading Canada. Tecumseh and the Indians are fighting desperately to hold onto their lands in the Great Lakes region and in the south as well”