The Texas ________

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The Texas ________
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The Alamo Today
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Mexican Independence
Mexico gains independence from Spain in
1821 Antonio Lopez de ______ _________overthrows
the government and takes power in 1833
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Americans settle in ____

• Mexico invites Americans to settle in Texas and
  develop the area and control ________ Attacks
• Stephen F. ________ leads 300 families as
  settlers into Texas
• By 1830, _______ Americans live in Texas

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Mexican Stipulations

• Americans had to become _________ of Mexico
• All had to worship in the Roman ________ Church

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Mexico enforces its _______

• Mexico feared Texas would become part of the
  _______ __________
• Most Texans _______ Mexican laws
• Mexico tried to force Texans to become Catholic
• Mexico banned _______ in Mexico
• Rumors spread that Santa Anna was coming with
  ________ to enforce the laws

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Texans Take Action

• Tejanos (Mexicans living in ______) supported the
  Texans because they wanted to get rid of _______
  _________

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Battle of Gonzales

• October of 1835 Texans in the town of ________
  clashed with Mexican Troops
• The Texans forced the Mexicans to _________
• Two months later the Texans attack ___ ________

Battle of Gonzales October 1835 The
__________-_______" of Texas
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The _________ of Texas

• Texans declared ___________ on March 2, 1836
• Wrote a __________
• Appointed ____ ________ as commander of the army

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The Siege at the ________

• Texans gathered at the Alamo in the winter of
  1835-1836

• Supplies of ammunition, _____, _____ and medicine
  were _____

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Battle of the Alamo

• _______Texans vs. 6,000 Mexican troops
• The Mexicans bombed the Alamo for _____days
• _______ fire broke through the walls on March 6,
  1836
• Mexican troops poured in
• _____Texans died and _____ Mexicans died, mostly
  in hand to hand combat
• Texan survivors were ______

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Famous People Who Died at the Alamo

• James ______
• Invented the Bowie Knife

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Famous People Who Died at the Alamo

• Davy ________
• Famous Frontiersman
• Fought under Andrew Jackson
• U.S. ________
• Captured and executed at the Alamo

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Famous People Who Died at the Alamo

• William ________
• Attorney
• Led Texas troops at the Alamo
• _____years old when he was killed

The enemy have demanded a surrender. . . I have
answered the demand with a cannon shot and our
flag still waves proudly form the walls. I shall
never ________ or retreat. . . Victory or ______!
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Execution Order

• All foreigners taken under arms will be treated
  as pirates and _________!

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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Goliad

• On March 25th, 350 Texans are marched onto an
  open prairie and shot near _______

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Rallying Cries

• Remember the ________!
• Remember _______!

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Battle of San ______
910 Texans attacked 1,200 Mexican troops
Battle Map
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• Then the whole line, led by Sherman's men,
  sprang forward on the run, yelling, "Remember the
  Alamo!" "Remember Goliad!" All together they
  opened fire, blazing away practically point-blank
  at the surprised and panic-stricken Mexicans.
  They stormed over the breastworks, seized the
  enemy's artillery, and joined in hand-to-hand
  combat, emptying their pistols, swinging their
  guns as clubs, slashing right and left with their
  knives. Mexicans fell by the scores under the
  impact of the savage _______.

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• Many threw down their guns and ran many wailed,
  "Me no Alamo!" "Me no Goliad!" But their pleas
  won no mercy. The enraged revolutionists reloaded
  and chased after the stampeding enemy, shooting
  them, stabbing them, clubbing them to death. From
  the moment of the first collision the battle was
  a slaughter, frightful to behold. The fugitives
  ran in wild terror over the prairie and into the
  boggy marshes, but the avengers of the Alamo and
  Goliad followed and slew them, or drove them into
  the waters to drown. Men and horses, dead and
  dying, in the morass in the rear and right of the
  Mexican camp, formed a bridge for the pursuing
  Texans. Blood reddened the water. General Houston
  tried to check the execution but the fury of his
  men was beyond restraint.

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Santa Anna Surrenders

• They took the captives to camp, and on the way,
  Mexican prisoners recognized him and cried, "El
  Presidente!" Thus his identity was betrayed it
  was indeed the dictator from below the Rio
  Grande. He was brought to General Houston, who
  lay under the headquarters oak, nursing his
  wounded foot. The Mexican President pompously
  announced, "I am General Antonio Lopez de Santa
  Anna, and a prisoner of war at your disposition."
  General Houston, suffering with pain, received
  him coldly. He sent for young Moses Austin Bryan
  and Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to act as interpreters.
  Santa Anna cringed with fright as the excited
  Texas soldiers pressed around him, fearing mob
  violence. He pleaded for the treatment due a
  prisoner of war. "You can afford to be generous,"
  he whined "you have captured the Napoleon of the
  'West." "What claim have you to ________?"
  Houston retorted, "when you showed _________ at
  the Alamo or at Goliad?"