The Burning of Washington (August 1814)

It wasn’t common for the British to burn public buildings because it didn’t serve a military purpose. However, the burning of Washington was more an act of vengeance than anything else. When the Americans burned York (present-day Toronto), the capital of Upper Canada, they destroyed the Parliament and several other public buildings. Over a year later, the British exacted revenge. [This video was originally produced in 2013]
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[@brendanyuki1059]

I can't with these names though😂 cockburn, there's also “Wolfe’”

[@shiningstarz1150]

Lol

[@Hans_R._Wahl]

Thank you very much for this short, but very impressive part of history.

[@stevenpetranyi2902]

Yeah well it would be King James the first of England a haunted King Salem witch trials 1692

[@PortmanRd]

🎵Burning down the house.🎶

[@norascal5809]

nice vid

[@markmulligan571]

You left out the prior burning of the Canadian capital, Ottawa (?), by the Americans.

[@ericst-laurent8161]

Ottawa est devenu capital du Canada seulement en 1857. C'est la ville d'York (aujourdhui Toronto) qui etait capital du haut-canada en 1812 et qui a ete brule par les Americains. La capital du bas-Canada (Quebec) a cette epoque etait la ville de Quebec.

[@stevenpetranyi2902]

President James Madison Jim Carrey

[@stevenpetranyi2902]

G look at the looting there in Washington X

[@88888j]

Thank you Ghent

[@stevenpetranyi2902]

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[@TofuBoi_]

Hell yeah! Never thought Canada had the ability to do that, considering how polite we are now.

[@steveforster9764]

It wasn't Canada we didn't exit it was the British

[@razakid1993]

Rule Britania 🇬🇧

[@tonybarde2572]

Never forgive, never forget

[@o_o825]

Americans have never been compensated for this great crime.
Never forgive, never forget.

[@RoughRunnerAce98]

Lol America started the war by invading Canada while lots of Americans refused to fight because they didn't support the war. Don't you think it was a crime that the U.S invaded Canada? It's war, are the British not supposed to retaliate and try to win?

[@o_o825]

@@RoughRunnerAce98 The British/Canadians kidnapped American sailors and imposed trade restrictions on U.S. exports.
In return, the British razed D.C. Razing a nation’s capital is considered worthy of outrage now as it was back then.
I will always vote for someone who supports retaliation against those who committed this crime.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

@@o_o825 😂My god you are pathetic, Britain burned D.C in retribution for what the U.S did in York, Toronto.

[@o_o825]

@@ChrisCrossClash The British/Canadians razed a nation's capital, which was something considered very dishonorable by an adversary during war.
We have and will never reap enough from our relationships with Canada and the U.K. to make up for this. I would argue that continued relations will only cost Americans their livelihoods.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

@@o_o825 😂😂Okay now i know you are taking the piss.