Colin's Last Stand, Episode 20: When the British Burned Washington D.C. to the Ground (Patreon)

When the British Burned Washington D.C. to the Ground -- Colin's Last Stand (Episode 20)

Fed up with British abuse and encroachment, the US declared war on Great Britain in 1812. Two years later, Washington D.C. was left in smoldering ruins, nearly bringing the American government to its knees. Colin's Last Stand is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent historical and political content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Reddit: /r/ColinsLastStand Still images in this video were acquired from the following sources, for which Colin's Last Stand is thankful: BBC, Biography.com, CBS, History.com, Imgur, In Roosevelt History, Learn NC, Learning Abe, Library of Congress, Monticello, Mount Vernon, Mountain View Mirror, National Maritime Museum, New York Historical Society, PBS, Stanford University, The White House Historical Society, ThoughtCo., Toronto Star, University of Southern Florida, Washington.org, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, and Yesterday’s Papers. Bibliography/Reading List: https://uschs.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/june-1812-congress-declares-war-on-great-britain/ http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28833238 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/remembering-when-white-house-was-burning-president-was-hiding-and-u-was-close-to-collapse/ https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-burning-of-washington http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/artwork/dolley-madison-comes-to-the-rescue/ http://time.com/3997040/1814-white-house-fire/ http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-troops-set-fire-to-the-white-house http://www.nationalcenter.org/WashingtonBurning1814.html http://nypost.com/2014/08/17/what-it-meant-when-the-british-burned-down-the-white-house/ http://www.nationalcenter.org/WashingtonBurning1814.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-burning-of-washington/2013/06/28/ac917cf0-ddb0-11e2-b797-cbd4cb13f9c6_story.html?utm_term=.c20fa6ca812b http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-dolley-madison-saved-the-day-7465218/