The Mexican forces would have early success with two divisions attacking the left flank where the 2nd Indiana infantry would take the brunt of the attack. As was the new tactic of the time, there was a three-gun battery out in front of the 2nd lead by Lt. John O’Brien. O’Brien and his men fought valiantly with destructive canister fires until the infantry to his rear broke ranks and fled. At which time he and his men would tactically retreat leaving behind a single four-pounder that would fall into the hands of the enemy. It was not until the Mexican army had reached the Americans final defensive line (fallback position) that they were halted and forced to retreat in defeat by accurate and continuous fires from the…
El Coyote the Mexican Rebel El Coyote the Mexican Rebel is the best book to describe the Mexican culture but, the book is well enjoyable. El Coyote the Mexican Rebel tells a story about a orphaned mexican boy who runs away from his cruel aunt and his uncle that has a massive drinking problem. Luis Perez is a average Mexican kid that decides to run away. The boy (Luis Perez) soon joins the Mexican rebels and has a great adventure with his fellow rebel but, he decides to leave the rebels.…
The Battle of San Juan Hill was the engagement between the United States and Spain that concluded the Spanish colonial control. The most acclaimed unit that was in Cuba at the time was the “Rough Riders”. Led by Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt and Colonel Leonard Wood. The Rough Riders were camped along the Santiago Road in Cuba during the first day of July of 1898 getting ready for battle.…
In 1846, the annexation of the Oregon territory occurred, but at the same time the Mexican War had just barely started. The Mexican War lasted from 1846 to 1848. The war was in Texas, over territorial issues. Also, Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836 (Background Essay, paragraph 4), and Mexico wanted Texas back. Mexico thought their land extended to the Nueces River, but the border was actually the Rio Grande(Hook Exercise, Map).…
He first ordered artillery to bombard the compound. During the early hours of march 6th, 1836, about 2000 Mexican troops supported by cavalry started the final assault. As troops were accumulating against the walls of the Alamo, Texians began shooting over the walls. During this phase of the assault commander William Travis was killed in cross fire while attempting to prevent Mexican troops from climbing the…
The Mexican War began after Mexico and America reached a breaking point with each other. Tensions rose when America and Mexico could not decide on a border for Texas. Mexico believed the border was the Nueces River, but America believed the border was the Rio Grande River, this event, along with others, caused the war. The U.S. was not justified in going to war with Mexico. One reason is the people of Mexico did nothing, and America only wants to go to war so they can add another slave state to the union, and because they are hungry for more land.…
Gwen Barney 4-27-2015 English-5th hour Social Studies-4th hour Mexican War It wasn’t easy. This event put up a fight between America and Mexico. While many fought, others died.…
Lucy Horn 4-27-15 English~3rd hour Social Studies~6th hour Total War In 1846 war broke out between two neighboring countries. “US historians refer to this event as ‘The Mexican War’, in Mexico its called ‘The US Invasion’ (Doc. C, paragraph 1).” The Mexican War had lasted two years, 1846 to 1848. Ten years before the war, Texas had declared its independence from Mexico in 1836. Not long before that, in 1821, Mexico had declared independence from Spain.…
Oscar Deolarte 4/27/15 English 2nd Social studies 4th Mexican-American War Its 1821 and you are in Mexico celebrating your freedom from Spain. 25 years later a war has begun against your neighboring country, the U.S.…
The Texans struggled to figure out how to defend their interests in the supposedly strategic position against the anticipated retaliation of the Alamo. It was after a troop of over 2,500 soldiers was assembled that the march to siege the Alamo began. A red flag about the magnitude of the war was raised that no mercy would be shown; no quarter would be given, to those who showed resistance. The Texans used death as the traditional punishment for traitors during the war. Despite the war lasting barely one hour, at least 189 defendants lost their lives and their bodies quickly burnt.…
What would you do if all of a sudden your neighbors started using your backyard because theirs “wasn’t big enough” and they wanted more space for their belongings? And once you tried talking to them about it they began fighting with you? Obviously, this might infuriate you considering that your backyard is still your property but is this a good reason to start fighting? Well similarly the US got into war with Mexico in 1846 because they wanted more land such as Texas and California. Keeping this in mind we can infer that the US wasn’t justified to go to war with them.…
The Alamo we all remember learning about it, how the Texans fought for the freedom of Texas, and the quote that lives on today "Remember Alamo" which Sam Houston shouted in remembrance of his lost brothers while he his army chased away Santa Anna and his large army (Remember). I have questions, why should we remember the Alamo? What happened from the time the little church was used to March 6, 1836(?check) when Santa Anna attacked, how did the United States help with battle, was there any hostility between the soldiers and between the native Mexicans and the soldiers in the Alamo…
The Mexican War and its aftermath of America gaining land began to show the different the Americans views on slavery. Americans could not decide whether slavery should move westward as the country expanded or if it should stay in the states it was currently in. There were many attempts to compromise and keep the peace, however, this ended up driving a wedge further into the difference between the free states views and the slave states views. Overall, the Mexican War and its aftermath led to further disagreements about slavery between the north and the south. The Mexican War, which took place between 1846 and 1848, was an extremely controversial war.…
In Chapter 4 of Mexicanos by Manuel G. Gonzales it talked about the American southwest of 1848-1900 in four different states: California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. In California, after the Mexican American War, the Spanish –speaking society worsen. On January 24, 1848 gold was discovered by James Wilson Marshall and an employed carpenter named John Augustus Sutter in Coloma. In 1848, miners forced their way into the Sierra foothills, after a year the small stream became a huge spreading into territories. Out of the miners, the most successful were the Latin Americans from South America and Northern Mexico.…
While the popular and most accepted belief was that Crockett died heroically in battle (as was clearly depicted in numerous films), the emergence of a diary written by Enrique de la Peña, a Mexican officer, who claimed “to be an eyewitness to the capture and execution of Davy Crockett in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of the Alamo” was about to send shockwaves to the historical circles. The first source that Crisp analyzed was Bill Groneman’s Defense of a Legend: Crockett and the de la Peña Diary. Groneman, a police detective and a historian, who latter would become one of Crisp’s lifelong colleagues, argued that the de la Peña diary was a forgery, thus the claim of Crockett surrendering was not accurate. The controversy surrounded Crockett’s death intrigued Crisp, who later on uncovered that de la Peña manuscripts came from J. Sánchez Garza, who had privately published them under the title La Rebelión de Texas: Manuscrito Inédito de 1836 por un Oficial de Santa Anna. After carefully studied Garza’s publication, Crisp felt that they were more questions raised than answered. Upon more digging, he discovered that de la Peña had written two separate manuscripts while he was imprisoned so Crisp arranged to get both copies and study them meticulously.…