As a result of British-led raids along the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812, the British

British forces raided the Chesapeake region in 1814 and later captured Washington, D.C. They burned the White House and other government buildings. The raids did not force the United States to sign a peace treaty; the war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, which was negotiated separately.

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