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13 Cards in this Set
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Sam Houston |
Commander-in-Chief of the Texas army; led the Texas Army in the Battle of San Jacinto. After the defeat of Santa Anna and the Mexican army; went on to be the first president of Texas |
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SFA |
Became one of the leading proponents of Texas Independence; known as the Father of Texas, brought 300 families from the United States to colonize Texas |
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Lorenzo DeZavala |
signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, helped write the Texas Constitution, and served as the Republic's first vice president of the ad interim govt of the Republic of Texas at the Convention of 1836 |
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George Childress |
primary author of the Texas Declaration of Independence |
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James Fannin |
Colonel of the Texas Army stationed at Goliad, was captured by the Mexican Army and killed along with all of his men at Goliad |
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WB Travis |
Colonel of the Texas Army, stationed at the Alamo; wrote the Commandancy of the Alamo (Travis’ letter-an impassioned letter seeking reinforcements). |
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James Bowie |
Leader for the TX Volunteers (militia) including Commander of the Alamo- he will become ill and hand over all command to WB Travis. |
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Santa Anna |
leader of MX & the Mexican Army |
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General Cos |
Commander of MX Army |
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General Urrea |
commander in the MX Army at Coleto Creek and Goliad Massacre |
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Susanna Dickinson |
One of the women survivors from the Alamo, Santa Anna told her spread the news about what happened at the Alamo |
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Davy Crockett |
merican politician, frontiersman, and crack shot who is legendary for his involvement with the Texas revolutionaries in their struggle for independence from Mexico. He lost his life at the siege of the Alamo. |
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Juan Seguin |
Tejano that supported the Texas cause; stationed at the Alamo, but left the Alamo to deliver William B. Travis’ letter to General Houston. |
