Antonio López de Santa Anna

The Battle of the Alamo The battle of the Alamo occurred during a period when the Republic of Texas faced a bleak and uncertain future known as the Texas Revolution. American colonists were allowed to settle in Texas at the time under the New Mexican emperor Agustin de Iturbide. On 23, 1836, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began the 13 day siege of the Alamo. A moment in history that turned a ruined Spanish mission in downtown San Antonio, into a shrine. There were several events leading up to this ill-famed day in American History. The Alamo, known as the Mission San Antonio de Valero established in the early 18th century along the San Antonio River. In 1800 the Mission was seized by Spanish Soldiers for its military advantages along…

the Texans to defend the Alamo concentrated around their lack of accurate and timely intelligence collection, the non-reporting of actionable intelligence as it pertained to the enemy’s composition and courses of action, and failure of higher command to supply the outpost with proper logistic support. According to Barker and Pohl (2016), the battle for the Alamo took place over 13 days from 23 February 1836 to 6 March 1836. It was one of first battles of the Texas War for Independence. The war…

In response to the growing unrest, Mexican troops established military posts in several locations within the province, including San Antonio de Béxar. After hearing that the Mexican army commander in Nacogdoches, José de las Piedras, had demanded that all residents in his area surrender their arms, Bowie cut short a visit to Natchez in July 1832 to return to Texas. On August 2, 1832, he joined a group of other Texans and marched into Nacogdoches to "present their demands" to Piedras. Before the…

The Battle of the Alamo was a battle between Texas and Mexico.The battle of Alamo was the most famous battle out of all the other wars.There was a battle because Mexico was raiding Texas and Mexico said if the United States made Texas a state that they were going to go to war. The United States ignored Mexico, thus Mexico went to war against Texas. The battle of Alamo took place near the present day city of San Antonio.Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the general for Mexico during the…

Can you imagine being surrounded by the professional warriors of Santa Anna forces who were so large in number, that he had his troops marching two days apart from each other? The way Santa Anna handled the battle of the Alamo showed us his strengths. Will all know that biggest problem at the Alamo was that they lacked in supplies and their manpower was fading rapidly, however; despite the effort, the valiant male defenders of the Alamo were enormously outnumbered even if they had the large…

militia. Unfortunately, in 1829 William debt started to show due to previous loans and he couldn't pay such high amounts of money. Due to all the stress William personal and business life was started to affect him. At the end, William divorces his wife and faced court trial over the debt facing arrest . Not knowing what to do, William started hearing of Texas a “land of opportunities” and saw the opportunity to escape through those means. William convinces his ex-wife that he will travel to…

In 1836 less than two-hundred men were besieged in a Spanish Missionary building near present-day San Antonio known as the Alamo. Those inside the walls of the Alamo faced the insurmountable task of fending off more than 1,500 Mexican soldiers whose numbers grew with each day of unrest. Knowing the disparity of the situation, William Barret Travis wrote a letter begging for reinforcements and stating that the only two outcomes were “victory or death.” Just a couple days after the letter was…

all the Texian defenders were killed in the battle. The painting took place in San Antonio, Mexican Texas as the time. The brick building which highlights the whole background of the painting is an essential piece to making the painting work because it shows the center line of what each opposing side was fighting for. In war, each side fights to gain territory and that brick almost castle like building seems to be the main objective for defending and attacking and it has major importance to each…

and the haphazard suppression of smuggling; inefficient and arbitrary administration of laws; and the weakness of the corruption of the army”(page 41). There were areas such as California, New Mexico, and Yucatan where there were little to non Anglo American where development of the idea separation from Mexican began to spread. During the mid-1830s violent rise ups against the national government of Mexico was sparked due to these areas letting American immigrants in even when Mexico City…

I believe that the Mexican Government were more to blame for the turmoil in Texas (though I do understand their situation) because of the Guerrero Decree, the law of April 6, 1830, and the Convention of 1832. This time period was a tense time revolving around Mexico wanting complete control and Texans wanting change. To the fault of Mexico, the more regulations and control laws they enforced on the Texans, the more they lost control of the Texans due to their feeling of rebelling being…