Though the neutral rights the U.S.

were stressed as the principal reason for war, other reasons were far more important to the government officials who agreed to the war. The additional factors contributing to cause for the war were free seas and trade, frontier problems, and war hawks. America's economy depended on the free trade associated with free travel of the seas, without free travel the economy would not prosper, so in order to keep those rights some Americans felt war was inevitable option. Americans on the frontier wanted the lands of British Canada and Spanish Florida, but standing in their way to get the land were the British and their Native American and Spanish allies, this also lead to further acceptance of war. Lastly another ulterior motive for the war came in the form of the war hawks who claimed that war with Britain would defend American honor, gain Canada, and destroy Native American resistance on the frontier. The war hawks true reason for war was greed. When the British invaded American seas and intervened with American trade ships this increased the tension between both countries. Because, trade was the basis of the American economy, Americans could not afford any interventions involving trade. The U.S. still felt hatred towards Britain from the previous Revolutionary War, so the when Britain continued its violation many Americans believed a display of power was needed to get respect from Great Britain. When the British refused to respect Americas neutral sea rights many felt that war was an inevitable conclusion to the Great Britains treachery. Added to longstanding grievances over British actions at sea were the ambitious of western Americans for more open land. Americans on the frontier longed for the lands of British Canada and Spanish Florida. Standing in the way of their ambitions were the British and their Indian and Spanish allies. Conflict with the Native Americans was a constant problem for the impatient westerners. For decades, settlers had been gradually pushing the Native Americans

farther and farther westward. To defend their lands from further advance, Shawnee twin brothers - Tecumsheh, a warrior, and Prophet, a religious leader attempted to unite all of the tribes east of the Mississippi River. In the Battle of Tippecanoe, in 1811, Harrison destroyed the Shawnee headquarters and put an end to Tecumsheh's efforts to form a Native American confederacy. As a result Americans on the frontier blamed the British for instigating the rebellion. Lastly, although the war hawks were known for their eagerness and gained significant influence in the House of Representatives, the war hawk Congressmen argued that war with Britain would be the only way to defend American honor, gain Canada, and destroy Native American resistance on the frontier. Many of the war hawks goals were influenced by greed.