Texas Revolution and Annexation
By Owen
November 30, 2017
What is the Texas Revolution?
Texas became the second largest state in the U.S. because of the Texas revolution and Annexation. The reason the Texas Revolution happened was because Texas wanted independence from Mexico. The Texas Annexation is when Texas joined the U.S. The U.S. asked if Texas wanted to join because Texas had a lot of land, and Texas said yes.
Leading up to the War
The Texas Revolution started because Texas wanted to be independent from Mexico, which won independence from spain in 1821. Texas had more American settlers the Mexicans, making independence more wanted. The Americans also had slaves, which
Here is a chart of the population of Texas at that time:
was against the Mexican law. Even though Mexico had a similar government to the United States, Texas still wanted independence.
The Alamo
The first act of War was The Battle of the Alamo. The Alamo was originally built to be a home for Spanish missionaries in the 1700s. It covered about 3 acres of land and had an adobe wall around it. Later, the Alamo severed as a fort and home for American Settlers. The Battle of the Alamo started when Texan “rebels” forced out all the Mexican soldiers. Santa Anna, the leader of the Mexicans, decided that he need to take the Alamo back. He led the Mexican troops all the way to Texas. When news spread that the Mexican troops were coming, the Texans had a debate… on if the should stay, and fight, or abandon the fort. The eventually decided to stay and fight. On February 23, 1836, the battle had begun. The battle was bloody. It seemed as the nobody was winning for the first several of days. After 12 days, General Santa Anna decided that they had to take the Alamo back.... No matter what. The outcome of the battle was that the Texans lost. And even though they did, they still gained independence... sort of... they still had to win in. they also gained a cool catchphrase, “Remember the Alamo!”
General Santa Anna
General Santa Anna was the leader of the Mexicans at that time, as I said before. He took control of the mexican Government in 1832. His full name is General Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lébron. Pretty long, huh? He was Born in Xalapa, Mexico on February 21, 1794. He died in Mexico City, Mexico on June 21, 1876. He had 11 children; María del Carmen López de Santa Anna y García, Ángel López de Santa Anna, María de la Merced López de Santa Anna, María de Guadalupe López de Santa Anna y García, Petra López de Santa Anna, Antonio López de Santa Anna y García, José López de Santa Anna, Paula López de Santa Anna, Manuel López de Santa Anna y García, Agustina Rosa López de Santa Anna, and Pedro López de Santa Anna.
Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto started on April 21, 1836. The Texans, led by Sam Houston, snuck up on a Mexican camp. The odds did not look good for the Mexicans, as they only had 783 men, while the Mexicans had 14,000, but Sam Houston thought that they would win because they had the element of surprise. The camp was near the San Jacinto river, hence the the name Battle of San Jacinto. As the battle raged, some Texan soldiers captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign a treaty to give them independence. And that is how the war ended.
Aftermath
Texas called themselves The Republic of Texas, after they had organized a government. In 1846, the United States asked Texas if they wanted to join and the said yes. This is called the Annexation of Texas. They joined as the 28th state. It was a slave state, which is important to the civil war.
Importance
The Texas revolution was important because Texas was about one Fifth of the land that we now have today…
Bibliography
Battle of the Alamo-
Murphy, Jim. Inside the the Alamo. Delacorte Press, 2003.
Picture of the Battle of the Alamo-
Map of U.S.-
Most of my information-
Hirsch, E. D. Pearson Learning Core Knowledge History & Geography. Custom Edition ed., Pearson Learning Group, 2002.
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