WAR OF 1812WHY DID THE WHITE HOUSE GET
BURNED DOWN
BY : Dawson Connelly
The white house in 1812 and 2012
They did not rebuild the white house until 1817\
It happened on august 24,1814, troops invaded Washington dc
Several government buildings including the white house were burnt
JAMES MADDISON
THE FOURTH US PRESIDENT Born march 16 1751 Died June 28 1836
When the British arrived at the White House, they found that
President James Madison and his first lady Dolly had already fled to
safety in Maryland. Soldiers reportedly sat down to eat a meal
made of leftover food from the White House scullery using White
House dishes and silver before ransacking the presidential
mansion and setting it ablaze
Why did they do it
America had been at war with the British Empire since 1812,
but the action so far had consisted of a series of
indeterminate skirmishes along the Great Lakes region. With the defeat of Napoleon, the
Empire turned its full attention to its former colony sending its
battle-hardened troops to squash the up-start Americans. Washington had little strategic
value - the thriving port of Baltimore was much more
important. However, as capital of the nation, the British hoped that its burning would have a
psychological impact on the will of the Americans to continue
the conflict.
A map of the war in 1812 where they
fought and what was the conflict
aboutThe War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States and those of the British Empire. The United States declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions brought about by Britain's ongoing war with France, the impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion, outrage over insults to national honor after humiliations on the high seas, and possible American desire to annex Canada.
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