The Texans , fighting to the end , became a rallying cry encouraging the others to fight on against the Mexican government/army .
Total surprise. At the Battle of San Jacinto, General Santa Anna, the Mexican dictator, let his troops take a siesta because he believed that the Texans wouldn't attack until the morning. He was wrong. The Texans attacked in the middle of the Mexican troops' siesta.
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 Mexican Army under General Jose de Urrea.
After the Battle of Goliad, about 400 rebel Texans surrendered to the Mexican army.
A Mexican general who helped santa Anna fight the Texans in the TExan Revolution
Mexican constitution
General Santa Anna
General Santa Anna.
General Sam Houston.
They were simply outnumbered by General Santa Anna's Mexican army.
Texans did not like the Mexican laws
The Texans , fighting to the end , became a rallying cry encouraging the others to fight on against the Mexican government/army .
The Texans , fighting to the end , became a rallying cry encouraging the others to fight on against the Mexican government/army .
The Texans , fighting to the end , became a rallying cry encouraging the others to fight on against the Mexican government/army .
Total surprise. At the Battle of San Jacinto, General Santa Anna, the Mexican dictator, let his troops take a siesta because he believed that the Texans wouldn't attack until the morning. He was wrong. The Texans attacked in the middle of the Mexican troops' siesta.
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.