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because he wanted help

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It was ill equipped in manpower, organisation and logistics to fight a superior standing Army under Santa Anna. All the defenders could offer was the chance to delay the Mexican Army and give Sam Houston a chance to position his forces for the deciding Battle of San Jacinto on 21 April 1836.

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Because Texas was not part of the United States at the time. During the 1836 siege of the Alamo, Texas was a republic that was fighting for independence from Mexico.

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