Battle of San Jacinto

named Mision San Antonio de Valero, served as a home to religious missionaries and their Indian converts for many years. Construction of the Alamo had begun on 1724. In 1793, Mexican officials separated San Antonio's five missions and distributed the rest to the Indian residents. These people continued farming the fields that were once the mission's and participated in the growing community of San Antonio In the early 1800s, the Spanish military stationed a cavalry unit at the Mision San…

A Texas Experience I was driving around the areas of San Antonio, Texas when all of a sudden, I found myself admiring my surroundings in San Antonio. I had nothing important to do and was just driving around and then started craving a coffee. So, I pulled into a Starbucks to grab a coffee and met a new friend named Efrain Navarro that was also there for a coffee, or maybe a latte. We engaged in a simple “hi, how are you” conversation as we were formed in line waiting to place our order. A…

When one watches The Patriot and The Alamo, one can note a common theme in the sense that these people joined revolutions because they felt a personal connection in defending their beliefs and homeland. Not only were they working to protect their families, but they also became empowered by the sense of community as they banded together to fight for the same causes. In both films, these people were dissatisfied with the current status of their government, and they assembled militias in an attempt…

1835 Susanna Dickinson was one of the few people who had survived the Battle of the Alamo. She told many stories about how she had lived the hostile attack. Susanna was only twenty-two when this attack had happened. She lived in Tennessee until 1831. Susanna had an infant daughter named angelina and a husband named Almeron who served as a texian in the Battle of the Alamo. Susanna couldn't read or write at the time of the Battle. Susanna was only fifteen when she married who is now her husband…

curious ways. Antonio López de Santa Anna was born in Xalapa,Veracruz February 21,1794.Santa Anna attended the Military academy at the age of 16.He was an excellent warrior.Skilled at sword fighting and other battle tactics.Santa Anna’s idol was Napoleon Bonaparte.He had pictures of him all over his walls.He designed his armies like the way Napoleon's.He even collected artifacts that belonged to Napoleon and called himself the “Napoleon of the West¨.He…

You may not know about his finding of of a Mexican supply train that sparked a battle over grass or when he said,”One or more axes,” to Sam Houston before destroying vince’s bridge, but “Deaf” Smith’s name and legacy has been put in our textbooks, brains, our own thoughts, and in our hearts. Which is where it will always be. Erastus “Deaf” Smith was born in Duchess County, New York, on April 19, 1787 to Chilaib and Mary Smith, and during his childhood Erastus contracted a disease, which caused…

Sam Houston (1793-1863) was an American politician. In addition to that, Houston played a great political role as a senator in the state that we now know as Texas. He born on March 2, 1793, near Lexington, Virginia. Houston went to school and developed a normal life as the other children of his age. However, all this changed when he turned thirteen years old. Houston's father died and his family had to move to another state. “He emigrated with his mother, five brothers, and three sisters to…

In tandem with the Sleuthing the Alamo analysis, the causes, consequences, and events of the Texas Revolution have changed over time. These changes have brought new explanations and interpretations about the process of writing history. There are a dozen of materials that have been written using different perspectives over the last century. According to generations of Americans and immigrants, the genesis of Texas revolution is recounted as the simple tale of outnumbered defendants that were…

In 1808, Spain is taken over by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon disposed of the existing monarchy and installed his brother, Joseph, as head of state. The resulting war against France and Britain lasted nearly to the Mexican Revolution as Napoleon’s government falls into disarray and the revolutionaries began to gain momentum. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a middle aged priest living in the parish of Dolores. Hidalgo was a Crillo by birth, and had a pro-Indian sentiment. He organized his…

After the battle of San Jacinto many of Santa Anna’s men were killed and others were imprisoned including Santa Anna. He then signed papers ordering all Mexican forces to leave Texas and recognized the independence of Texas. Mexico tried to regain Texas but they were not…