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Texas
This category covers questions about Texas, the second largest state in the United States. Texas has had six different nations rule it, making it the only state to have had six flags flown over it. Texas is one of three states to have existed as an independent nation and the only state legally permitted to secede from the Union.
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How did the Texans first go to the Alamo to occupy the Alamo during the war for independence?
The Texan army set up for battle there to suprise the Santa Anna army.
What was the battle cry of the Texan soldiers at the Alamo?
what became the battle crie after the alamo
What did Susanna Dickinson do in the Alamo?
Susanna Dickinson was a first hand eye witness of the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. She lived at the fort with her husband, who was killed in the battle, and her baby daughter, Angelina.
Why did the Swedish immigrants come to Texas?
There as many reasons as there are immigrants. They probably came for the weather, and stayed for the Texas drawl.
How many days was the alamo under siege?
During the 12 day siege there were artillery exchanges on eight of the days including Mexican firing at night to deny the Texans of sleep. There were minor probes, feints and skrimishes by Mexican Cavalry and Infantry on at least three days, but there was only one major battle which was on 6 March and which lasted for one hour with all of the defenders killed by 0630 in the morning.
What is the original name of the Alamo?
The word Alamo is Spanish for Cottonwood and it is believed by some that the name originated from a nearby cluster of such trees.
During the Mexican War for Independence, Spanish troops occupied the buildings for several years and the soldiers were from a place called Alamo del Parras, Coahuila. This provided another version of the name's origin.
The cornerstone was set in place on May 8, 1744, although the "Mission" was founded years earlier. The Mission was formally called the San Antonio de Valero Mission and its primary purpose was to convert the Indians to Christianity and educate them.
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.
Why did settlers in Texas rebel against the Mexican rule?
The Americans rebelled against the Mexico government because they thought Mexico was bad. The Texans wanted to live in foreign lands without following their restricitions. They also believed they were in Mexico's destiny. Mexico was trying to tell people who lived in Texas how to live. The Americas who lived in Texas decided to go on with Mexico's rules, but they weren't happy about it. Even Mexicans who lived there were upset. The Texans also wanted to keep Texas a slave state. They wanted the people who moved there to be loyal to Mexico governmentlearn the spanish language, and revert to Roman Catholicism. At first they were content to live under the Mexico rule. But the two massacres brought bickering in opposition to Santa Anna.
What country ruled Texas first?
The empire of Spain first claimed sovereignty of Texas from the indigenous natives in 1519.
Who led the Mexican army during the Battle of the Alamo?
Colonel William Travis was in charge of the Texians. Sam Houston was leading the Texians but he was not at the Alamo. President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the general in charge of the Mexicans on scene at the battle.
Did Mexico resented the annexation of Texas. true or false?
True. It wasn't until Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy (1930's) that Mexico finally ceased hostility towards the United States due to the Texas issue.
What states fought at the Alamo?
Texans, the vast majority of which had been immigrants to Mexico within the past ten years. A very small number of them on the Texas side had been born in Mexico. A very small number like Crockett were new arrivals who barely arrived in time to die there.
There were probably very few in the Mexican Army who fought at the Alamo who were from Tejas. Most would have been from central Mexico.
How many soldiers fought at the Alamo?
There were between 182 and 260 Alamo defenders. There were regular troops of the Army of the Republic of Texas under the command of Colonel Travis. There were Texian volunteers who were not present as members of the Texas Army who were loosely under the control of Jim Bowie. There were Americans (that is US Citizens) like Crockett's band of adventurers. There were slaves present who were defenders and had a loyalty not to Texas but to their owners.
There were no active duty American soldiers of the US Armed Forces present at the Alamo.
Further, it must be noted that the defenders were not all former US Citizens who had been transplanted to Texas. A large number of the Alamo defenders were Mexican by both birth and ethnicity (That is a Tejano or Texans of Mexican descent). That exact number remains an unknown, but based on surnames is between 20 and 25 percent.
What year was the Alamo defeat?
The Battle of the Alamo ended on March 6, 1836.
A FORT IN TEXAS, erected for a mission building in 1744; used for religious purposes till 1793, when, on account of the great strength of its walls, it was converted into a fort. In the struggle by Texas for independence, the most sanguinary and heroic conflict of the border warfare, which merged into the Mexican War, occurred there-a conflict which for years was familiar to Americans as the Thermopylae of Texas. The fort was about an acre in extent, oblong, and surrounded by a wall 8 or 10 feet in height by 3 feet in thickness. A body of Texans, under the command of Col. William Barrett Travis, retired into the fort early in 1836, upon the dismantling of San Antonio by Sam Houston, and then Santa Anna, with a large force, invested the fort Feb. 23. The Texans numbered only 140 men, while the Mexican army was 4,000 strong. The enemy took possession of the town, then erected batteries on both sides of the river, and for twenty-four hours bombarded the fort, during which, it is stated, over 200 shells were discharged into it, but without injuring a man. The attacking forces made several vigorous assaults on the fort, but were repulsed in each case. The commander of the beleaguered garrison sent many couriers to San Felipe for assistance, but only a handful of men succeeded in reaching the fort. As the siege progressed provisions grew scarce, and the defenders of Alamo, worn by the labors of the defense and broken in health, although not in spirits, were hourly becoming less able to hold their posts. March 6 a combined attack was made by the entire forces of the besiegers; twice they assaulted the posts, and were as often driven back with heavy loss by the Texan troops. A hand-to-hand encounter ensued, which the Texans, few and feeble, were unable to sustain, and but six of their devoted band remained. Among this number was the famous Davy Crockett, who, with the others, surrendered, under promise of protection; but when they were taken before Santa Anna were, upon his command, instantly cut to pieces, Crockett having been stabbed by a dozen swords. Other barbarities were committed, such as collecting the bodies of the slain in the centre of the Alamo, and, after horribly mutilating the re-mains, burning them. Only three persons, a woman, a child, and a servant, were spared. A few weeks after Santa Anna was routed with immense loss, and himself captured in the battle of San Jacinto, where the Texans raised the war cry, " Remember the Alamo!" It is estimated that during the siege of Fort Alamo the Mexican losses aggregated over 1,600 men. For many years, indeed until the close of the Mexican War, the Texans only needed to be roused to deeds of valor by the recollection of the massacre at the Alamo, and dearly did the neighboring republic pay for the butchery by Santa Anna and his forces.
A FORT IN TEXAS, erected for a mission building in 1744; used for religious purposes till 1793, when, on account of the great strength of its walls, it was converted into a fort. In the struggle by Texas for independence, the most sanguinary and heroic conflict of the border warfare, which merged into the Mexican War, occurred there-a conflict which for years was familiar to Americans as the Thermopylae of Texas. The fort was about an acre in extent, oblong, and surrounded by a wall 8 or 10 feet in height by 3 feet in thickness. A body of Texans, under the command of Col. William Barrett Travis, retired into the fort early in 1836, upon the dismantling of San Antonio by Sam Houston, and then Santa Anna, with a large force, invested the fort Feb. 23. The Texans numbered only 140 men, while the Mexican army was 4,000 strong. The enemy took possession of the town, then erected batteries on both sides of the river, and for twenty-four hours bombarded the fort, during which, it is stated, over 200 shells were discharged into it, but without injuring a man. The attacking forces made several vigorous assaults on the fort, but were repulsed in each case. The commander of the beleaguered garrison sent many couriers to San Felipe for assistance, but only a handful of men succeeded in reaching the fort. As the siege progressed provisions grew scarce, and the defenders of Alamo, worn by the labors of the defense and broken in health, although not in spirits, were hourly becoming less able to hold their posts. March 6 a combined attack was made by the entire forces of the besiegers; twice they assaulted the posts, and were as often driven back with heavy loss by the Texan troops. A hand-to-hand encounter ensued, which the Texans, few and feeble, were unable to sustain, and but six of their devoted band remained. Among this number was the famous Davy Crockett, who, with the others, surrendered, under promise of protection; but when they were taken before Santa Anna were, upon his command, instantly cut to pieces, Crockett having been stabbed by a dozen swords. Other barbarities were committed, such as collecting the bodies of the slain in the centre of the Alamo, and, after horribly mutilating the re-mains, burning them. Only three persons, a woman, a child, and a servant, were spared. A few weeks after Santa Anna was routed with immense loss, and himself captured in the battle of San Jacinto, where the Texans raised the war cry, " Remember the Alamo!" It is estimated that during the siege of Fort Alamo the Mexican losses aggregated over 1,600 men. For many years, indeed until the close of the Mexican War, the Texans only needed to be roused to deeds of valor by the recollection of the massacre at the Alamo, and dearly did the neighboring republic pay for the butchery by Santa Anna and his forces.
What battle was Stephen F Austin in?
After devoting the best years of his life to the cause of Texas, Austin was overcome by disease and on 27 December 1836 died an untimely death at the age of forty-three years.
Who was the Mexican Commander in the Battle of the Alamo?
The Mexican General in charge of the attack on the Alamo was Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, more commonly known as Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana. At the time, he was also the President of Mexico.
Texas is generally very flat with wide open spaces. However, there are a number of mountain ranges in Culberson County, Texas.
What year did the Texas revolution start and end?
The Texas revolution started on October 2, 1835. The day the last battle was fought was on April 21, 1836.
What was Sam Houston's role in the Civil war?
Houston was 67 years old and had been governor of Texas for two years when a Convention called for that purpose took Texas out of the Union early in 1861. Houston, though a slave owner and opposed to abolition, was a unionist, and refused to go along with secession. He was forced out of office in March, 1861, for refusing to take an Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy, and replaced by the Lieutenant Governor. Houston had refused an offer from Lincoln of men to help prevent Texas secession, not wanting to see a civil war within the Civil War in Texas. Houston traveled to Galveston after leaving office and all along the way Texans wanted to hear from him why he had not supported the secession of Texas. He spoke to a crowd in April, 1861, from the window of his hotel room, and said that while he supported states rights, the north was determined to "preserve this union". He predicted that after years of struggle, costing millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lives, the Confederacy might see its independence established "if God be not against you, but I doubt it." He forecast that the north would overwhelm the south. Houston held no further office and died at Hunstville, Texas two years later, in the midst of the war, without living to see his predictions fulfilled.
Why did Mexico invite American settlers to Texas?
Mexico needed American settlers to help defend its Texas frontier.
Tejas was poorly populated, but had great potential. It needed a major influx of capital to develop, and the Americans held capital. Large grants of land were provided to Emprasariosto parcel out for a pittance. Mexico wanted its northern province occupied in part to protect itself from expansion from the Southeastern US. Mexico required very little of its new immigrants: An oath of allegiance, conversion to or proof of Catholic faith, and they allowed no slaves to be brought in to Mexico. Immigrants were eager to gain very low cost land and happily swore the oath (falsely), cheerfully converted (falsely), and denied (falsely) that they held slaves.
The Americans who came to Texas didn't have money. What they had was courage. Mexico couldn't get enough Mexicans to move north and fight Comanches and Kiowas; so they settled for Whites. Many of the Whites took their Mexican citizenship very seriously and were happy to have an opportunity to own land, and they paid for it with their blood. It was the rise of Santa Anna and his betrayal of the promises given to the Whites that brought the conflict. Not all Whites were righteous of course. But they grew up in a democratic republic and would NOT tolerate someone declaring himself a dictator and abolishing the Mexican Constitution of 1824, which Santa Anna did. I think most historians would agree that Stephen F. Austin would not have supported the Texas Revolution if Mexico's democratically elected government had remained in power. He tried desperately to avert war and spent time in a Mexican prison for it.
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. The conditions to settle were simple: 1) to pledge allegiance to Mexico and 2) observe the Mexican Law and customs.
Mexico hoped that America would help develop the new Texas and control Indian attacks. So they requested that Austin stop being some racist mother foe's!
In 1823 people were in extreme poverty and Mexico need more people to create crops and food.
they had been attacked by killer unicorns earlier that month and so they decided they have had enough of this! so they shot a cow and hired a giant to through cookies and pancakes and mexico and everyone else and thats it
What was the last Confederate state to rejoin the Union after the US Civil War?
The only reason Georgia is not last is because Georgia was readmitted to the union before, but then left... then later, AFTER TENNESSEE joined the union, Georgia came back, showing that Tennessee was the last state to rejoin the union.
