Antonio López de Santa Anna

this pivotal event understand how everything culminated in the 13 day siege and eventual victory for the Mexican forces. The Alamo The building in San Antonio we call the Alamo, originally was built as the chapel of the Mission San Antonio de Valero. It was built in 1724 outside of San Antonio de Bexar, which is modern day San Antonio, Texas. The purpose of this mission was to help convert Mexican-Indians to Catholicism. During this time, Mexico was still a colony of Spain. In 1794, construction

settlers occupying their lands and Texians were not pleased with Mexico’s over controlling government. “In 1835 the Mexican President and General Santa Anna proclaimed a new constitution that increased the power of the Presidency and reduced the power of provincial governments” (New World Encyclopedia, paragraph 4). It was said that General Santa Anna was so brutal, that he would reward his men by

Have you ever heard about the Alamo? If you have, well it's pretty common because the Alamo is something well known for what it stood for. If you didn't know the Alamo, it is in San Antonio and it stood for a very good reason. Let me begin in the Alamo, it was originally built as the chapel of the Mission San Antonio de Valero. Alike all of the spanish missions it was both a, religious and industrial trade school for indians. For years it had a couple of huts and a small stone tower until, it was

Union County College Mexican War Daniel Timi His. 201-United States History to 1865 Professor Margiotta The Mexican American War began on April 25, 1846. This placed the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It marked politically

TO WHAT EXTENT DID THE BATTLE AT THE RIO GRANDE CAUSE THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR? Leila Elhail History Extended Essay 12 Introduction April 25,1846 a Mexican Cavalry consisting of 3,000 men ambushed 70 US soldiers under Zachary Taylor’s command at the disputed area between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. Mexican troops ended up killing 16 American Citizens. This led President James K. Polk to write a letter to Congress asking for a Declaration of War against

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was born in Jalapa, Veracruz Mexico, on February 21, 1794. He belongs to a “criollo” middle class family. His parents were from Spain. He was a Mexican politician and military leader who was President of Mexico eleven times from 1833 to 1855. He was president officially six times, and unofficially five more. He was also a disastrous president of Mexico because he lost Texas and much more of the current American west in the United States. However, by far he was an important

The field was set, both generals decided upon where they would take their final rest before the battle. The spring of 1836 in soon to be a free Texas, the weather was warm with a slight breeze on this day the 21st of April. One army fueled with rage for revenge and the other just searching for their reasons to keep marching on this far against an inferior army. The Texas revolution may have begun with the battle of Gonzales, but through sheer determination and resiliency how a ragtag army were

San Antonio de Béxar in a former mission originally named San Antonio de Valero in 1744. In 1803, Spanish soldiers stationed at the mission renamed it the Pueblo de la Compañia del Alamo after their hometown. The primary adversaries of the battle were the centralist Mexican military led by Antonio López de Santa Anna and the Texas revolutionaries led by William Barret Travis and James Bowie. The battle took place over the course of thirteen days and ended on March 6, 1836 with Santa Anna victorious

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). The Battle of Gonzales The apprehension

American settlement in Texas began with the encouragement of first the Spanish, and then Mexican, governments. In the summer of 1820 Moses Austin, a bankrupt 59-year old Missourian, asked Spanish authorities for a large Texas land tract which he would promote and sell to American pioneers. The request by Austin seemed preposterous. His background was that of a Philadelphia dry goods merchant, a Virginia mine operator, a Louisiana judge, and a Missouri banker. But early in 1821, the Spanish government