The Texan war was a battle of the alamo in 1836. The battle was against the spanish and they were outmatched and in numbers. In the alamo they had about 200 rebel volunteer soldiers. While the spanish had multiple armies. The people of the alamo held against the spanish for two weeks, but unfortunately they failed to defeat them. On the daybreak of march 16, 1836 a massacre of all people in the alamo were killed by the spanish. In 1846 General Taylor went to mexico city and defeated the Spanish. In the Process they gained land which were California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.
