THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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Found all the American senators and put them into prison boats.
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Burned the Capitol building and the President’s Mansion
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Immediately made it their new American Headquarters.
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Put on one heck of a puppet show.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The British intended to burn the building to the ground. They set fire to the southern wing first. The flames grew so quickly that the British were prevented from collecting enough wood to burn the stone walls completely.
Detailed explanation-2: -VIDEO | On August 24, 1814, British forces invaded America’s young capital of Washington D.C. following a victory at Bladensburg, Md. They captured the city with ease, and proceeded to setting a majority of the federal buildings on fire including the U.S. Capitol and the White House.
Detailed explanation-3: -The nation was in the midst of war. Word of the approaching forces sent most of the population fleeing, leaving the capital vulnerable. Meeting little to no resistance, British troops set fire to much of the city, in retaliation for the Americans’ burning of the Canadian capital at York on April 27, 1813.