They thought so. The Mexican Legislature however did not ratify the treaty.
Santa Anna was the leader of the Mexicans at the Alamo.
General Santa Anna
General Santa Anna.
A Mexican general who helped santa Anna fight the Texans in the TExan Revolution
To oust the Texans, but if he caught them, treat them as pirates and kill them all.
General Santa Anna
They were simply outnumbered by General Santa Anna's Mexican army.
Sam Houston was the general for the Texans Santa Anna was the general for the Mexicans hope it helps:)
The prisoners at Goliad were massacred.
The Battle of San Jacinto lasted only 18 minutes. Although the Texans were outnumbered, they killed 630 Mexicans and captured 700 more. The next day, they captured Santa Anna, forcing him to sign a treaty granting Texas independence.
The Battle of the Alamo was fight by 190-250 Texan troops against about 1,800 of General Santa Anna's Mexican troops. Santa Anna wanted to punish the Texans for defying his government. The Texans wanted independence and liberty from Santa Anna's centralist government.
The "Texans" didn't win the Battle of the Alamo. General Santa Anna and his army did. When the Alamo was lost the battle cry "Remember the Alamo" was started and it mobilized the Texans to resist Santa Anna even more until Texas was eventually in American hands.