Essays Tagged: "Antonio López de Santa Anna"
The Alamo
The Alamo is about the battle for San Antonio in 1835. The siege of Bexar (San Antonio) became the first major campaign of the Texas Revol ... m October until early December 1835 an army of Texan volunteers laid siege to a Mexican army in San Antonio de Bexar. The Alamo is a historic structure in the center of San Antonio. A famous battle wa ... uring the war for Texan independence. To prevent the success of this independence movement, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, in command of the Mexican Army, approached San Antonio with his troops ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Importance of the Alamo
ion visitors visit the Alamo every year. It's located in an ideal location, the heart of Texas, San Antonio. The history of the Alamo is very significant to Texas' independence which ultimately led to ... around 1716, the Viceroy of New Spain endorsed the move of a mission from the Rio Grande to the San Antonio River. The original name of the Alamo was San Antonio de Valero. It was originally was set u ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Alamo ..... This is about the "heros" or the main people in the alamo and what the alamo is about
The Alamo is about the battle for San Antonio in 1835. The siege San Antonio became the first major campaign of the Texas Revolution. From ... m October until early December 1835 an army of Texan volunteers laid siege to a Mexican army in San Antonio de Bexar. The Alamo is a historic structure in the center of San Antonio. A famous battle wa ... uring the war for Texan independence. To prevent the success of this independence movement, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, in command of the Mexican Army, approached San Antonio with his troops ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
the Alamo in Texas, and when he was captured a day after the battle of San Jacinto.In 1833, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna came to power in Mexico. Two years later, he threw out the Mexican const ... ican troops. The Texans forced the Mexicans to withdraw. Two months later, Texans went and took San Antonio. Determined to stamp out the rebellion, Santa Anna went north with a large army.By the time ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Mexican War
agged on interminably.In December 1844 an alliance of moderates and Federalists forced the dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna into exile and installed Jose Joaquin Herrera as acting president of Mex ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
Battle Of The Alamo
exan war for independence against Mexico. On Feb. 3, 1836 a Mexican force of 4,000 men commanded by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, general and dictator of Mexico fought to recapture that part of Texas, ...
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Glossary
Because the people were not used to a tradition of self-government ,it made it easy for a man named Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to take over as dictator.By 1830 there were more English-speaking Americ ... to share the land with Indians and even bragged about killing them.1835- Texas rebels attacked San Antonio.1836- Santa Anna marched toward Texas with an army of more than 3,000 men. He was determined ...
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Battle of Alamo
rated military engagement in Texas history. The Alamo was originally called “Misión San Antonio de Valero” The battle included many combatants such as Tennessee congressman David Croc ... mbatants such as Tennessee congressman David Crockett, adventurer James Bowie and Mexican president Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Another one was William Barret Travis who achieved lasting distinction ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History