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Did the Mexicans get back the cannon in the Battle of Gonzales?
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∙ 13y ago
No, and it was only fired once in anger.l
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What was the most famous Battle of the Mexican American War?
Gonzales. Mexico wanted back a cannon which was on loan to the Texans, and they refused to give it back.
When was the first Battle of the Mexican American War?
There was a long term problem based on Native American raids on Texian settlements that the Mexican Army found impossible to halt. Texians resented this failure of the Arny to protect them from the Commancheria. The Mexican Army had provided a cannon to the citizens at Gonzales for use in Indian attacks. Wanting their weapon back lead to the first armed conflict between the Mexican Army and the settlers.
What were the similarities of the Battle of Bunker Hill and the battle of lexington?
1) In both cases, loosely organized armed civilians stood up against a professional and numerically superior military force. 2) Both battles touched off revolutions which resulted in the successful breaking away from the mother countries (Texas from Mexico, and the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain). 3) Both battles were about the right to bear arms. The British at Lexington and Concord were sent to confiscate muskets and gunpowder from the Colonists. At Gonzales, the Mexicans were sent to take back a Mexican Army cannon which had been given to Gonzales for its defense.
Who said Come and Take it at Alamo?
No one at the Alamo said that, it was actually said at the battle of Gonzalez by a militiaman after Mexican forces tried to take back a borrowed cannon. It was written on the flag with a picture of a cannon below it. the Alamo
Battle along the front in the Ardennes in which the allies pushed the Germans back?
the battle of the bulge (:
What was the most famous Battle of the Mexican American War?
Gonzales. Mexico wanted back a cannon which was on loan to the Texans, and they refused to give it back.
When was the first Battle of the Mexican American War?
There was a long term problem based on Native American raids on Texian settlements that the Mexican Army found impossible to halt. Texians resented this failure of the Arny to protect them from the Commancheria. The Mexican Army had provided a cannon to the citizens at Gonzales for use in Indian attacks. Wanting their weapon back lead to the first armed conflict between the Mexican Army and the settlers.
What were the similarities of the Battle of Bunker Hill and the battle of lexington?
1) In both cases, loosely organized armed civilians stood up against a professional and numerically superior military force. 2) Both battles touched off revolutions which resulted in the successful breaking away from the mother countries (Texas from Mexico, and the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain). 3) Both battles were about the right to bear arms. The British at Lexington and Concord were sent to confiscate muskets and gunpowder from the Colonists. At Gonzales, the Mexicans were sent to take back a Mexican Army cannon which had been given to Gonzales for its defense.
Where did Humpty Dumpty originate from?
Humpty Dumpty is a nursery rhyme which may have come from the story of a cannon which was raised to the top of the wall at the battle of Colchester, England. The cannon fell off the wall and the defenders could not put the cannon back on the wall. They had to surrender to the Parlimentary troops.
My last name is gonzales my ancestors spelled it gonzalez until they moved to usa if i move back to mexico can it change back to gonzalez instead of Gonzales?
You can maintain your name to be Gonzales as long as the people in Mexico know how to pronounce it.
Who said Come and Take it at Alamo?
No one at the Alamo said that, it was actually said at the battle of Gonzalez by a militiaman after Mexican forces tried to take back a borrowed cannon. It was written on the flag with a picture of a cannon below it. the Alamo
Why do some Mexicans shave their eyebrows off and draw them back on?
Not all Mexicans do, and people of other races do that too.
Were do Mexicans go when deported?
They are sent back to Mexico.
Should the illegal Mexicans be shipped back to Mexico?
Yes
Why does mitt romney wants the Mexicans to go back to Mexico?
He doesn't necessarily want the "Mexicans to go back...he just doesn't want illegal Mexicans to come to the United States...because when they come to the United States they take all of the US s money
What heroic act did Molly Pitcher perform during the battle of monmouth in june 1778?
Molly Pitcher originally just carried water for the soldiers. During the battle her husband was wounded while firing a cannon. Molly ran over and took over the cannon and began firing and loading the cannon.
Mexicans were eating pepitas back when they were still Aztecs What are they?
Pumpkin seeds
