History of the United States I / Unit 8 USH1 1105 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Washington Burned
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The idea
In July eighteen fourteen forty-five hundred hardened British soldiers sailed up the Chesapeake and burned Washington to the ground.
In practice
President Madison and his wife running for their lives, the British officers eating a dinner left behind.
Where people slip
The British shelled Baltimore that summer and failed to dislodge the defenders, which inspired Francis Scott Key.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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