Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna

In 1832 santa anna endorsed and admitted that a jalapa layer explained to him about republicanism. He remained a political illiterate all his life and was a rabid jacobin liberal and a monarchist. Santa anna served as president six times so he could run his army the way he wanted it to be runned. Santa anna tried to escape Sam houston because santa anna saw that they were losing the war. .Santa anna was captured by Sam houston when they were fighting in the war. Santa anna served many mexican governments as an officer first in Yucatan and later in Veracruz. When santa anna was is Tampico he had a small yellow fever and ridden spanish force from Cuba which had attempted to evade Mexico. Now santa anna was the hero of Tampico and he became an important figure in the chaotic world of mexican politics. The liberal congress made santa anna president and in 1833 santa anna was determined to make Valentin Gomez Farias his vice president. Santa Anna led an army into texas and after some successes santa anna’s forces were annihilated by Sam Houston at San

Santa Anna was elected President of Mexico in 1833. In 1834 he repealed the constitution and established himself as a dictator, which played a major factor in the Texas Revolution. With the constitution repealed, the Texians did not have the same benefits as they did when they first settled in Mexico. Under the oppressive rule of Santa Anna, the Texians began to rebel (Callcott, 2010).

In the video “Remember the Alamo", Santa Anna was believed to be a skilled general and a hero of Mexico’s fight for Independence from Spain. Santa Anna became president in 1833 implicating federalism but only for a short time. He later changed and suspended the Constitution of 1834 seeing federalist autonomy as a threat to the stability of Mexico and his own grip on power. He very quickly shifted from being a federalist to a centralist to a dictator. Those like Travis that had once stood behind Santa Anna, are now right in front of his guns. Santa Anna guns would then be turned to Tejanos (Texans of Mexican birth), whom were horrified that Constitution would be voided by the president.

Hidalgo’s following grew from 300 to over ½ million people and in not time Hidalgo’s enraged revolutionaries tore through Mexico. After moderate success Hidalgo was defeated by a band of Royalists and while fleeing the country for the US he was disowned by one of his fellow companions and killed. Another priest named Jose Morelos from then on would lead the fighting. He would finally accomplish what Hidalgo had set out to do, lead Mexico to independence, from Spain in 1821.

Sam Houston played a monumental role in sparking the Texas revolution. He believed that independence from Mexico was necessary saying that “war inevitable” and “urging volunteers to come to the aid of their Anglo brethren” (p. 60). Also, Houston’s role as commander-in-chief of the army was very important in winning the war for Texas Independence. After the capture of Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto, many of the soldiers in the Texas Army wanted to execute him on the spot. But because of Sam Houston’s level head, he knew that “his prisoner was the key to removing all Mexicans soldiers from Texas without further bloodshed”, and “Jacinto became his password to Texas heroism forever” (p. 85-87). Furthermore, Houston’s leadership as the president of the Republic of Texas “kept the republic alive until it became a part of his mother country” (p. 198).

Knowing that the Texans were not obeying Mexico’s laws, the Mexican President sent Antonio López de Santa Anna to fight and stop the revolting Texans. “Santa Anna gained his earliest military experience fighting for the Spanish army

On February 15 and 16, 1836, General Santa Anna and his men crossed the Rio Grande to put down the uprising and prevent Texas from becoming its own state. The Mexican Army successfully won multiple skirmishes and battles, to include the Alamo and Goliad (Hardin, 2004).

He was a rebellious leader that wanted to help out his country. Politician Lucas Alamán said “The history of Mexico since 1822 might accurately be called the history of Santa Anna's revolutions… His name plays the major role in all the political events of the country and its destiny has become intertwined with his." This leads up to his surrendering in the Mexican American War. Santa Anna had to retreat at the Battle Of Buena Vista which was a close battle but Zachary Taylor led the army to victory. He and president Polk held pretty big losses. Santa Anna decided to go into exile while some sort of peace treaty was settled. The treaty of Guadalupe HIdalgo ended the war and we bought the states now called California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico for 15 million dollars plus another 3,250,000 dollars assumed in claims held by U.S citizens against Mexico. After the War ended with the Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, conservatives took power and invited Santa Anna to be dictator. He then sold the small piece of land south of Gila River now known as the gadsden purchase for 10 million

The battle for Texas’ independence was a hard battle. Many lives were taken, home destroyed, and families were torn apart. Texas residents wanted to break away from Mexico and become a self-governing republic inside of Mexico because they did not like Santa Anna’s laws. Mexico did not allow slave immigration, so Texas wanted to be a part of the United States that allowed slavery. But the main reason was that Mexico would not change or consider any government ideas that the Anglos and Mexicans had for Texas, and resulted in Santa Anna ruling and making all the laws and decisions. Santa Anna also overthrew the Mexican government and made himself the Mexican dictator. Stephen Austin came to try and settle the trouble caused by the suggestion of Texas’ constitution, but instead Santa Anna imprisoned him for a year.

1. 1836, Santa Anna(President of Mexico) came to subdue Texas-1,500 Mexican died,& Texas defenders(failed)- “remember the Alamo” eventually forced Santa Anna to recognize Texas independence.

Juan Nepomuceno Cortina was a man who was a rebel and a soldier who fought many battles that he believed was right for Mexicans in Texas and in Mexico. He took part of the Cortina Wars, where he fought Anglo or white Americans by stealing from them after how they treated Mexicans in Texas. He even took part of the War when Mexico went against the French invasion with Emperor Maximiliam, and he even helped out the Union in the American Civil war around that year. Cortina was on top of the in ranks and became Governor of Tamaulipas in Mexico. This man had many battles that he has faced in many years of violence he seen in wars and even during his own childhood. He would be known to many Mexicans as a folk hero and has Cheno Cortina, which was

Miguel Hidalgo was born in Mexico, 1753. His parents were both Spanish, and he was the youngest of four sons. One of his beliefs was that Mexicans should be free and self-governed. He tried talking to the Spaniards about treatment of Native Mexicans. The Spanish employers would not listen to Hidalgo, so he thought that the only way to get them to listen was to rebel.

In 1834, Santa Anna emerged as a military dictator and overturned the Constitution of 1824. In October 1835 the centralist congress dissolved the state legislatures and transformed the former states into military departments. When the federalists resisted the centralist coup, Mexico descended into civil war.

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The author provides background into the events leading up to the war, particularly the collapse, imprisonment, and exile of Santa Anna. Events and key personnel on the American side are also outlined in detail. President Tyler is described as “seizing the initiative” to shift public opinion against Mexico by assigning a troublemaker, Wilson Shannon, as the minister to that country in 1844. Eisenhower provides a detailed description on the implementation of weaponry and tactics during all stages of warfare. He often refers to the performance of the main characters in other conflicts such as the war of 1812 and forward to the civil war. The cause of this war is summed up early in the text followed by