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In 1836 at San Jacinto.
Sam Houston and his army defeated Santa Anna at The Battle of San Jacinto because Santa Anna told his army that they could take a siesta because Santa Anna had not seen very much activity at Sam Houston's base.
Santa Anna
Santa Anna's army was much bigger
Santa Anna.
Antonio Lopez De Santa Ana
He led an army of men to defeat Santa Anna's army and claim the independence of what is now Texas. It all happened in 15-18 minutes. The men wanted to hang Santa Anna once they had captured him after he had fled and left his men in the Battle of the Alamo. Sam Houston had refused and forced Santa Anna to sign oer Texas and part of Mexico to the United States.
On 21 April 1836.
In pursuit of Sam Houston's army, Santa Anna split his army into three columns. He hoped to trap the Texan army, but instead, his main force was drawn into battle at San Jacinto, and defeated in eighteen minutes. Santa Anna himself was captured.
The Alamo was the mission in Texas where Americans were trying to hold off Santa Anna's army.
because santa anna had a lot i mean a lots of troops and houston had few
It was the Mexican Army.