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Chapter 11: The Texas Revolution Section 1: The War Begins

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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