THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Interference with American trade
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Impressment of American sailors
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The burning of the White House
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British agents arming Native Americans
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Detailed explanation-1: -The War of 1812 (1812-15) was fought between the United States and Great Britain, primarily over the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy, as well as disagreements over trade, western expansion, and Native American policy. The war ended inconclusively after three years of fighting.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812 between the United States and England, British troops enter Washington, D.C. and burn the White House in retaliation for the American attack on the city of York in Ontario, Canada, in June 1813.
Detailed explanation-3: -White paint has nothing to do with covering the burning of the house by the British in 1814. The building was first made white with lime-based whitewash in 1798, when its walls were finished, simply as a means of protecting the porous stone from freezing.