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The fight for Texas Independence

By notyourflower

  • Battle of Gonzales

    Battle of Gonzales
    AFTER 30 MINUTES OF FIGHTING, AND NOBODY WILLING TO FIRE THE CANNON, THE MEXICANS RETREATED. THE TEXAN FORCES QUICKLY CAPTURED THE CANNON AND TURNED IT ON THE FLEEING MEXICAN SOLDIERS. OVER 70 MEXICANS WERE KILLED AND AS MANY WERE WOUNDED. ONLY ONE TEXAN WAS KILLED IN THE FIGHT.

  • Siege of Bexar

    Siege of Bexar
    The siege of Béxar was the longest Texian campaign of the Texas Revolution, and according to Barr, it was "the only major Texian success other than San Jacinto", the latter of which would led to subsequent victory of the Texian conflict and independence.

  • Battle of the Alamo begins

    Battle of the Alamo begins
    The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar, killing most of the occupants inside.

  • Victory or Death letter

    Victory or Death letter
    After withstanding cannon fire and attacks for 24 hours, Commander William Barret Travis knew they were doomed without reinforcements. He penned a letter to the “people of Texas and all Americans in the world” pleading for help and stating his intentions to “never going to surrender or retreat.” It was “Victory or Death.” While a few troops did arrive on March 1, the Texans were still greatly outnumbered.

  • Convention of 1836.

    Convention of 1836.
    With The Alamo under siege, a provisional Texas government, consisting of 59 elected men, met at Independence Hall in Washington-on-the-Brazos to decide Texas’s future. Together they wrote a new Constitution and the Texas Declaration of Independence, establishing Texas as a new sovereign nation.