In what year did Canada and America go to war where the Canadians burnt down the White House?

Question

That is how the White House got it's name.

Kevinarms: If you do not know the answer get yourself re-educated, because there is a correct answer to the question.

Answer 1

1812, as in the War of...

Canada's proudest moment:)

Answer 2

The British burned the White House during the War of 1812. No other foreign nation (including Canada) has ever done it.

Answer 3

There are many reasons why the Natives were treated so badly. I for one can tell a true story in regards to the early emigrants of Norwegian Settlers in America. In Minnesota my GG/Uncle had just came to America , coming in through Canada. While he was out cutting some trees to clear some land that he had put a claim on, a group of Native men, came riding up to him. He tried to be friend to them only to be killed on the spot. They then went into the tiny log cabin and tortured the children to death and while the Mother held the baby the Natives killed the baby while the Mother held it. They then continued to rape, torture and kill the young Mother from Norway. So when you say which Country treated the Natives the worst, I would have to say it was all in self defense. The Natives developed their own reputation. They brought lots of the hate upon themselves. Your question is too one sided. You need to look into the truth on why Americans and Canadians were forced to defend themselves and retaliate against them. Each great Nation had to isolate the Natives, because they had became so brutal. More to your story then what you present. I could write a book on this one.

Answer 4

That was the War of 1812 and it was the British who happened to rule Canada at the time. Canada was not a country at the time but a British colony.

Answer 5

War of 1812 (lasted until 1815). The British went to war with the US, but at the time they ruled over Canada, and came through Canada down to the US.

Unless you really did mean Canada, then you're thinking of Canadian Bacon starring John Candy.....good movie.

Answer 6

That was the war of 1812, but it actually happened in 1814. You know, the first time New Orleans was destroyed. And technically, the British burnt down the White House, not the Canadians. Canadians don't know how to light fires, but they make great bacon.

Answer 7

Your version is flat out wrong. The White House was burned in 1814, when British (not Canadian) troops under the command of Maj. Gen. Robert Ross, a veteran of the Napoleanic wars, sacked the city of Washington. This was in retaliation for American excesses in the burning of York, northern Candada.

The name "White House" has been shown to have been used at least 3 years before the 1814 burning of the building, and has nothing to do with the legend that the building was painted white to hide the burn and smoke damage.

Answer 8

It was the War of 1812, and the war was actually between the US and Great Britain -- Canada's involvement was incidental. (The US tried to invade part of Canada, but the effort had little success.) After the British burned the White House, they sailed up to Baltimore, to attempt to capture Fort McHenry. The unsuccessful effort to reduce the fort inspired Francis Scott Key to compose his famous poem "The Star Spangled Banner". The poem was eventually paired with the tune of an old English drinking song called "To Anacreon in Heaven" to make the song now used as the US national anthem.

Answer 9

Was part of the war of 1812. Before Canada was called "Canada" - 'twas British North American then and those responsible would have been British army and "colonialists".

Answer 10

Wasn't that the British American War of 1812? (Canada still being Britain then.)

Answer 11

1997