Battle Of The Alamo Essay

The Texas Revolution, or otherwise known as the Texas War of Independence, was the military conflict between the government of Mexico, which was led by General Santa Anna, versus Texas colonists. The Texas Revolution began October 2, 1835 and it resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas after the final battle at Vince's Bridge on April 21, 1836. The Battle of The Alamo was the most famous battle during the Texas Revolution however the Goliad Massacre was also a most notorious event involving the execution of over 350 Texans who had been forced to surrender to the Mexican army of Santa Anna

The Spanish had been in the Americas since Columbus landed in 1492.

Spain owned a large portion of North America including Texas. In 1821 the Mexicans

Texans also had to start paying for the first time. Due to the frustrations caused by all of this the Mexican president, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna sent more mexican troops to Texas due to how Texans had begun to talk about breaking away from Mexico. When Stephen F. Austin was jailed, the Texans revolted, so Santa Anna sent 6,000 more troops to Texas to put down the revolt. 3 The first battle between the Texans and the Mexicans took place at an old mission that was used as a fort known as The Alamo. On February 23rd, Alamo defenders were shocked to see the beginning of the Mexican force arriving in San Antonio, so the Texans barely made it into the Alamo before the Mexican Cavalry arrived to the city. When the Mexican forces fully arrived they quietly began to occupy San Antonio and surrounded the Alamo. The final assault began on the morning of March 6th, at 5:30 A.M. Santa Anna had stopped the cannon fire the night before to allow the Texans to sleep and then interrupted their slumber with an early morning attack. Later an estimated 1,800 Mexican troops took part, attacking at 4 different points. Santa Anna had waved the red flag prior to beginning this battle, and in doing this he meant that anyone who wished to fight would receive certain death as he would take no prisoners alive (except for women and children).