Texas

You should be prepared for the hot and dry summers. Make sure you have clothes that are not too hot for the heat. You want be cold during the winter.

The french came to Texas in the 1600s to the 1800s because they were fighting Spain. They knew that if the spanish received the land, they would increase their empire across Texas.

They had been trying since the Dawson Massacre of 1872, but had been blocked by Northern opponents up to 1844 due to being a state that supported slavery. They were finally annexed on December 29, 1845.

At the time of his death Travis was 26 years old.

Stephen F. Austin never married or had children.

The San Jacinto monument is located in Harris County, Texas. The monument is located on the Houston Ship Channel. It is 567.31 feet tall and was constructed between 1936 and 1939.

Santa Anna never "arrested" Stephen Austin. Santa Anna was defeated by Texan forces at the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, and Santa Anna was captured the following morning. Austin was in New Orleans, Louisiana when that took place.

That would be the Battle of Coleto.

The Mexican Army ran out of targets.

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Actually, the battle ended after the Mexicans sounded retreat.

What happened was that the Mexicans who broke into the Alamo shot all the defenders and a few other people. When resistance ended, however, the fighting did not. The problem was that the Mexican soldiers were fighting without their coats, so they would be unencumbered by them, and so were not easy to identfy; it was dark; and many men misidentified Mexican soldiers as the enemy and shot them. Finally, a retreat was sounded, and after about fifteen minutes of further fighting among the victors, the battle ended.

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why did Stephen F. Austin want his colony along the coast

He had been sent by Colonel Travis to General Sam Houston, asking for help. Houston ordered Captain Seguin to remain with the army while they gathered strength to give battle to the Mexicans.

Henry Clay

The U.S refused to allow Texas into the country because it wanted to have slavery legalized. At that time, there was a 50-50 balace between free and slave states and it was this balance that was keeping the country together. This left Texas as its own country for over 10 years. It was called the lone star republic. When Kansas became a free state, Texas was allowed in as a slave state to keep the balance.

annexed and according to an 1836 treaty, its borders stretched to the Rio grande but was disputed by Mexico and then after a 2 year war the US paid money to Mexico for it. (18 million and change).

Susanna Dickinson - one of the few survivors of the Alamo delivers the message that Santa Anna is on his way to Gonzales!

Sam Houston urged delegates that met at the Convention of 1836 that they had urgent business to handle- creating a government for Texas!

Remember that before Santa Anna's attack some of the delegates had stayed loyal to Mexico! However, this convention was called in response to dealing with the crisis ahead!

The US took Mexico's land after the Mexican-American war. This was triggered by the fact that Wilmot's proposal did not pass the Congress.

Texas declared itself Independent of Mexico.

The most important is the conversion from a monarchy to a federal representative republic in 1823. The second most important, but the reason Santa Anna is so well known, is the transformation of Mexico from a federal republic into a centralist republic in 1835: it prompted Texas and Yucatan to secede from Mexico; while Yucatan was regained, Texas was lost.

It's the classic tale of losing the battle, but winning the war. Even though the Alamo fell (eventually) it took alot more men and reserves to accomplish the feat. Texasknew it had Mexico beaten in the San Jacinto battle before it even began. Mexican forces were at their limits, there wasn't a single one that lived other than Santa Anna, who signed the treaty granting Texas their independence. Remember, Texas rocks, all other states should take their exampe from them. Texas is the only state that was a Republic before being admitted into the union. All other states were admitted freely on their own or as a team effort (ie original 13 states).

Because he was in the hospital. The Alamo was surrounded. Destroying the Alamo meant killing all inside which is what the end result was anyway. By not destroying it, they were able to take more Mexican soldiers with them hence weakening Santa Anna's army.

James L. Allen was the last courier known to have left the Alamo as a courier and survived and he departed on 5 March and lived until 1901. Others include John Walker Baylor. Jr., who died of wounds received at the Battle of San Jacinto. Robert Brown, Antonio Cruz Arocha and Juan Seguin left on 25 February. Alexandro de la Garza left as a courier but the date is not recorded. Captain Francis L. Desauque left on 22 February. He later fought at the Battle of Coleto, was captured there and was a victim of the Goliad Massacre. Charles Despalier was a courier out and back, returning on 1 March to die at the Alamo. Captain Phillip Dimmit was a courier who rode out on 23 February, was captured during an 1841 Mexican raid and committed suicide while he was in prison awaiting execution. Galba Fuqua entered the Alamo as a courier from Gonzales on 1 March and stayed to die at the Alamo. Benjamin Franklin Highsmith rode out on 18 February, tried to return but was intercepted by Mexican Cavalry and escaped. He later served in the Mexican American War and died at the age of 85 in 1905. Sergeant William P Johnson rode out on 23 February and was later a victim of the Goliad Massacre. Byrd Lockhart rode out on 23 February. Gerald Navan rode out on 3 March. Benjamin Nobles rode out with Captain Dimmit on 23 February. William Sanders Oury rode out on 29 February. John William Smith rode out on 23 February, rode back in on 1 March and back out again on 3 March.

When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, all the territories it possessed included Mexico, most of Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) as well as today's US States of California, Nevada, Utah, Texas and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

Due to the extremely low population for such territorial extension (estimated at 12 million during 1824), Mexico relaxed its immigration policies, thus allowing American settlers to help populate the northern territories.

because he was stupid ha ha just kidding i dont know

Not necessarily. There were other forts in Texas besides the Alamo. [Fort Defiance, for example. ] The Alamo was one Texas fort, but not all Texas forts were the Alamo.