Lorenzo de Zavala a Smart but yet Capable Mexican Hero Lorenzo de zavala was a extremely smart mexican general who moved to texas and is responsible for many of the mexican troops fighting in the texas revolution and helping the well known santa anna. And after the war he received empresario land grants which will give him the ability to settle 500 families. He settled many americans, tejanos, and mexicans. So let me ask you this, would you rather fighting on your side a weak leader James Fannin or a smart leader Lorenzo de Zavala?
Let's start off by starting at the beginning back when lorenzo was born and before he became famous. Lorenzo de Zavala was born in Tecoh in Yucatan Mexico on October 3, 1788 his full name was Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sáenz. He was believe it or not the fifth of nine children his fathers and mothers names were Anastasio de Zavala y Velázquez and María Bárbara Sáenz y Castro. He then went on to graduate from Tridentine Seminary of San Ildefonso in
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He got married to Teresa Correa y Correa. They then went on to have three children one of there names were Lorenzo Jr. who ended up serving his father. Zavala's wife died in 1831 so he remarried to Emily west. He also went to San Felipe on October 15 as one of the five delegates from Harrisburg to the Consultation. One of the biggest things he did for the revolution was fighting alongside with his ally Jose Antonio Mexia and hoped to involve all mexicans willing to get involved. He had recurrent waves of malaria; However, that's not what killed him. On November 15 Lorenzo de Zavala died after contracting pneumonia, the result of a boating accident on Buffalo Bayou he died in november 15,