Tx history-ch-11.1
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Chapter 11: The Texas RevolutionSection 1: The War Begins
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Thinking Question
What events caused a build up in tensions between Texans and
the Mexican government?
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The Capture of Gonzales & Goliad
•Santa Anna—president of Texas in the 1830s
•Texans angry Santa Anna would not follow the Constitution of 1824
Antonio López de Santa Anna
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The Capture of Gonzales & Goliad
• Mexican officials demand that U.S. settlers at Gonzales turn over a cannon
• Refused to hand over cannon
Gonzales Cannon
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The Capture of Gonzales & Goliad
•Bury the cannon in an orchard
•Seek reinforcements
•Removed a ferry crossing the Guadalupe River
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The Capture of Gonzales & Goliad
• “Come and Take It”
• October 2, 1835: Texans attack Mexican force
• One Mexican killed, no Texans killed
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The Capture of Gonzales & Goliad
• Mexicans retreat to San Antonio
• General Martín Perfecto de Cos orders 300 more troops to Texas General Martín
Perfecto de Cos
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The Capture of Gonzales & Goliad
•After Gonzales, the Texans attacked and defeated an army at Goliad
•George Collinsworth and Ben Milam commanded a Texas force of about 50 settlers
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The Capture of Gonzales & Goliad
•Outnumbered, the Mexicans at Goliad surrender
•Texas had cut off the Mexican army’s supply route
•Rebel army sets sights on San Antonio
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The March on San Antonio
•Volunteers at Gonzales begin to organize and attack on San Antonio
•Stephen F. Austin elected general
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The March on San Antonio
•October 1835: Austin sets up camp outside of San Antonio
•Received aid from Tejanos who had suffered after the arrival of Cos
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The March on San Antonio
•Texas Army ill trained and equipped
•Infantry—foot soldiers
•Cavalry—group of soldiers on horseback
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The March on San Antonio
• 90 men sent out to search for a good defensive position
• Search Party attacked by a force of 400 Mexican soldiers
Jim Bowie James Fannin Andrew Briscoe
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Jim Bowie
• Born 1796 in Kentucky
• Spent most of his life in Louisiana
• Caught & rode wild horses, rode alligators, & trapped bears
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Jim Bowie
• Signed up to fight in the War of 1812
• Engaged in illegal slave trading with Jean Lafitte
• Had a fiery temper and got in many fights
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Bowie Knife
• Designed by Jim’s brother, Rezin Bowie, Jeff Cleft created the first knife
• Given to Jim for protection
• Gained fame after the “Sandbar Fight”
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The March on San Antonio
• Texans had a good defensive position
• Texans possessed more accurate rifles
• Texan troops won
• Stephen F. Austin waits for reinforcements
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The Grass Fight• Austin & troops lay
siege to San Antonio
• Austin chosen as a commissioner to the U.S.
• Col. Edward Burleson takes command Col. Edward Burleson
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The Grass Fight
•“Deaf” Smith, a scout, reports of approaching Mexican soldiers
•Rumors spreads that soldiers are carrying silver
Erastus “Deaf” Smith
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The Grass Fight
• Texas troops attack
• Find out Mexicans are carrying straw
• Realize siege is effective
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The Capture of San Antonio
• Dec 4, 1835: Col Burleson orders a withdrawal from San Antonio
• Captured Mexican officer says that the Mexican camp is weak and disorganized
• “Who will go with old Ben Milam into San Antonio?”
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The Capture of San Antonio
• 300 rebels under the command of Milam and Francis Johnson attack San Antonio
• Dec 5, 1835: Fighting begins
• House-to-house fighting
Ben Milam
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The Capture of San Antonio
•Milam killed on third day of fighting
•December 10: Cos surrenders
•Cos allowed to lead his troops out of Texas
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The Capture of San Antonio
•By December of 1835, Texans had driven nearly all the Mexican soldiers out of Texas
•Most Texans thought the conflict was over
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“First Battle of the Alamo”
• Cos used the Alamo as his headquarters
• Made improvements to the Alamo
• Surrendered at the Alamo