Battle of the Alamo

While tactically insignificant for Mexico & strategically useless for the Texian Army, the Alamo nonetheless effectively pissed off every single inhabitant of Texas & created a unified front against Mexican aggression, despite the battle ending with a Texian loss. Beneficially for Texan Indepence, the Alamo became a rallying cry & motivation for Texian soldiers during battle.

What is less widely known is how the Goliad Massacre of Texian POW's & its aftermath affected the Texas War for Independence, becoming a rallying cry in much the same way as did the Alamo.

"Remember the Alamo!" & "Remember Goliad" were heard on the battlefield of San Jacinto by Texians under General Sam Houston, a battle which ended the war & brought about establishment of the Republic of Texas.

There were defenders from New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey although the majority were probably southern born. There were also natives of Tejas and other Mexican states in large numbers as well as African American defenders.

The Alamo was already a hundred years old at the time of the siege and battle. It was founded in 1718 as a Spanish mission for the purpose of Christianizing the Indians indigenous to the area. The Indians themselves built the mission under the supervision of the Spanish priests and it was named Mission "San Antonio de Valero." The church was designed without the benefit of a master engineer, the roof collapsed almost immediately, and this portion of the mission was never actually completed.

By the time of the final assault, there were around 6000 troops attacking the Alamo.

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.

The Battle of the Alamo reached is climax on March 6, 1836. At midnight, the final assault on the Alamo started. The final results of the battle was a victory for Mexico.

The texans retired to the Alamo after waiting several months for the Mexicans to arrive. By that time, many texans who had volunteered had drifted away due to the wait for the Mexicans to arrive.

David Crockett

James Bowie

William B. Travis

The Battle of the Alamo was fought on March 6, 1836. It was a clash between rebellious Texans, who wanted to be independent from Mexico, and the Mexican army, which wanted to maintain its hold over Texas. The Mexicans wanted to make an example out of the Texans, to show them the dangers of rebellion.

All 185 or so defenders died, along with 250-350 Mexicans. Some historians put the Mexican death toll at nearly 600. Either way, Santa Anna lost men he could not quickly replace, setting up his defeat by Houston at the battle of San Jacinto.

because the mexicans wanted to use it as a base

EVERY American rebel was killed in the Alamo.

in the alamo was born by the alamo in the southwest

Because the Alamo was the event which most angered the people of Texas, and brought them together. At the Alamo, a small number of Texans (as well as men from other states) were holding out against an attack from a much larger force.

Since they eventually lost the battle, but refused to run or surrender and were killed to the last man, the rest of Texas perceived them as heroes who should be avenged. Though "vengeance" is probably not the primary reason for the conflicts taking place, the desire for "getting back" at those who killed the outnumbered "heroes" certainly helped.

Texans began shouting "remember the Alamo" as their battle-cry because they were unified by that event, and because they had some pay-back to dole out. It also meant "take no prisoners".

The combatants used two types of hand-held firearms. The more prevalent flintlock released a cock holding a flint to spark the gunpowder. The caplock struck a percussion cap to set off the main charge

The Spanish had 2,400 men whilst the Texans had a mere ~200 men.

The Alamo only has the shrine and Long Barrack Museum The Alamo would still be big as it was in 1836

that would take the entire Downtown San Antonio too rebuild the original compound of Mission San Antonio De Valero

The Alamo was 4 square feet and the walls were 6 feet high

They fought a group of arrogant U.S. colonists. They had wanted to colonized

what was soon to be Texas. All the Mexicans said was "Do what you want here, just don't have slaves, and follow the laws of our country."Do you think we listened? Nope. Even then the Mexicans didn't attack, in fact it was the colonists who first attacked. So Mexico sent some soldiers over to the Alamo to set them straight, and they did.

Travis, Bowie, Crockett for the good side, and for the bad side, Santa Anna.

Figureing it out still.

February 23 – March 6, 1836

Feb 23 - March 6 1836, it took place in san antonio,Tx

The Alamo was just one of many religious missions that the Spanish built as they were conquering Mexico and the American Southwest. The purpose was to provide a place where missionaries could live and work with the native people and convert them to Catholicism. When Mexico declared its independence from Spain, the missions became the property of the new Mexican government.

The Texas Revolution or call it the Texas War of Independence.