Battle Of Gonzales Research Paper

One of the first conflicts between Mexico and Texas’s colonist was at the Battle of Gonzales. The Battle of Gonzales is considered to be the Lexington of Texas, because it was the first battle of the Texas Revolution. Even before this Battle of Gonzales Texans started becoming more rebellious than ever and started to break rules and disrespected Mexican authority. A couple years before this event the town of Gonzales asked for a cannon to use as a defense against Indian raids. In September 1835, Colonel Domingo Ugartechea sent some soldiers to the town to get back the cannon as ordered. Tensions were already high, because a Mexican soldier beat up a citizen of Gonzales. Those living in Gonzales refused to give back the cannon and even arrested some of the soldiers. They sent a 100 dragoons which were light cavalry to retrieve the cannon. First the city of Gonzales told the Mexican military to wait because the mayor was unavailable so they set up camp and waited. When the military was told that armed Texan’s were heading towards Gonzales, they moved their camp. There was a total of a 140 armed Texans ready to fight. On October 2, 1835 Texans crossed the river and attacked the Mexican camp. They said that they were fighting for the cannon as well as the changed Mexican constitution of 1824, which used …show more content…
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