Which American city was burned by British troops in 1814?

Which American city was burned by British troops in 1814? Washington, D.C. was burned by British troops during the War of 1812.

The attack took place on August 24, 1814, after British forces defeated American troops at the Battle of Bladensburg in Maryland. A British force commanded by Major General Robert Ross entered the capital while President James Madison and much of the government evacuated.

British troops and sailors set fire to major public buildings, including the Capitol, the presidential mansion—later called the White House—and the Washington Navy Yard. The action was partly retaliation for American destruction in York and Port Dover in Upper Canada.

The British occupation lasted roughly 26 hours. A severe storm helped extinguish the fires, and the city was not permanently captured. Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York were important War of 1812 targets or locations, but none was the city burned in this famous attack.