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;…
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 increased…
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…
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…
and American volunteers. He sent cannonball over when currier came from Santa Anna. He wrote a “Victory or Death,” letter on February 24, 1836. The letter expressed that no matter what that he was not going to surrender and was not going to accept defeat. The Alamo stood for Texas and was going to fight for Texas independence. He was asking for aid from the government so that they could come and help, they were watching Santa Anna’s army put itself together but he did not know how much longer…