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Originally Posted by Nickatilynx
No invaded the US?
Sorry again to fight sirty and use facts but...
I believe a bunch of Canadians ( looking for Beer ,eh) came blasting through and set fire to your capital , despite your right to bear arms.
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Actually, it was the British, a superior force at that time with regulars from Canadian Territories, the bulk being British forces. From a wonderful page about the white house burnings...
"Even though Washington had no strategic significance for the British military, the commander in chief of the North American station, Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, had it in mind to give the Americans "a complete drubbing." It would avenge the excesses of Americans who had plundered and burned public and private buildings the year before in York (modern Toronto), the capital of Upper Canada. Above all, seizing the capital would humiliate and demoralize Americans and, as a bonus, might even lead to the disintegration of the United States."
Tsk tsk, so the US burnt down Toronto first, eh? I guess, tit for tat.
Well, it seems that burning down the White House didn't have that effect. As both the UK and the US signed the "Treaty of Ghent" and have been the best of Pals since then.