Antonio López de Santa Anna

Mexican forces. All of this is set off by Texas rebelling from Mexico and its dictator Santa Ana, who is leading the Mexican army himself. The Texan War Party wants to cross into Mexico and confront the Mexican army. The other party wants…

with all dispatch.” Houston would not risk everything going to war with Santa Anna when he did not even have enough trained soldiers. It was a decision made to abandon them in a sense because although Houston pleaded to the men at the Alamo to listen to his orders, he was ignored. Houston understood that the battle for independence would not be won in Bexar, but instead lost. While everyone was being defeated by Santa Anna, General…

number of defenders of the Alamo stood at roughly only 200 men. They had no one else. For the Mexicans, though, with each passing day, more and more troops came to support the army under major Santa Ana, until the number of his troops reached almost 6,000. Shortly after his last troops arrived, Santa Ana gave orders to a few hundred men to surround the Alamo fortress and prevent anyone from leaving or entering. Now, with no men and surrounded by the enemy troops, the Alamo defenders…

N. Seguin. Juan Seguin was born October 27, 1806 in San Antonio. At the age of 12 Juan got his very first horse. While he was still a child, he was encouraged to read and write by his father. He started work at his father’s post office. Then he started his career at a public service. He worked there till he was nineteen then he told his dad, Erasmo Seguin, that he was quitting and getting married. He got married to Maria Gertrudis Flores de Abrego. Juan and Maria had ten children during their…

Here I am in Alamo, surrounded by thousands in the Mexican army of Santa Anna. We are desperately waiting for reinforcements; however, I fear that we may not be able to hold out long enough for there to be anything to reinforce. Neverthless, I am not discouraged. I am fighting for Texan independence. First of all, as an American who appreciate freedom, I find no favor with the tyranny and dictatorship of the leader of Mexico, Santa Anna. Second, Mexican judicial system goes against ours. For…

The detail is provided in a chronological order throughout the book in which it starts with Santa Anna before the battle and goes on as time progresses until after the battle of the Alamo. The books tells a story through a narrative perspective in the first half of the book then combines both narrative and analytical storytelling during the second…

There are many reasons to why Texas embarked on its revolution. Such causes are the idea of manifest destiny, racism present between the different cultures in the area, governmental issues with settlers, the geographic of Texas, and most importantly the institution of slavery. Americans thought of themselves having the authority from a higher power to keep expanding west until reaching a coast. Even though Texas was a part of Mexico, most of the land was inhabited. So, Anglos deemed it okay to…

E. Crisp’s Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution details several important moments of the Texas Revolution. This would include: the speech Sam Houston gave at Refugio in 1836; the validity of the De la Peña Diary; Davy Crockett’s death and how he became an icon. Much to his surprise, Crisp found that many believed the speech Sam Houston had given at Refugio in 1836 had been riddled with anti-Mexican sentiments. Eugene Barker, a popular Texas…

and reclaimed the other cities the rebels had captured. Eventually, they reached Chilpancingo. Morelos was forced into the countryside. A year later, he was captured and executed. He is defeated by the royalist forces of the mestizo general Agustin de Iturbide and the revolution’s leadership is passed to Vicente…

The film opens up at the point where Santa Anna has gained victory in defeating the American/Texan Army at the Alamo. Sam Houston is then shown being told what occurred at the Alamo. From this point we see the film transitions into a flashback a year before the battle to introduces us to the important people of the battle and show us how it lead to it. We are shown that Sam Houston is at a party where he is talking to people about Texas and how they should immigrate to it. At the party Houston…