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In the War of 1812, the British decided to burn the White House after learning that their capital city in Canada had been burned by the Americans. In retaliation, they surrounded Washington D.C. and burned the White House.

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its revenge for U.S. burning the Canadian government buildings, an ally to the British, during the war of 1812

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The British burned the white house because the United States was at war with them.

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The britesh burned it down cuse there was a war going on and the got past the security and found a broken frame.They thought it wasn't important so they burned it down.

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The Burning of Washington was in retaliation for the American army burning of the city of York (now know as Toronto) in Upper Canada a year earlier.

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