Ack, there's a Brit by the White House!  Didn't we learn 200 years ago that was a bad idea?,(reply>), @Cavalerie des marres et des guêtres the British during the war of 1812 attacked Washington and burned the white House and the Capitol building after Americans had captured York now Toronto and burned it's Capitol down,(reply>), +,(reply>), @Severity One Or the Natives…,(reply>), @Cavalerie des marres et des guêtres The british army coming from Upper Canada(Now part of Ontario) burned down the white house in the war of 1812. The fact that the British came from Upper Canada causes some people to say that the Canadians burned down the white house.,(reply>), @Thomas Zinser if it weren't for The Napolionic wars setting the precedent for Britain not cutting up borders (for a bit) Canada would have much of the american mid-east and also maine