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The Alamo
The Alamo was a fort in san Antonio held down by 200 texan soldiers commanded by James Browie, William Travis, and famous Davy Crockett. The Alamo was surrounded by mexican forces numbering in the thousands and led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. The 200 soldiers keep them out for 13 days before they were overpowered. This was a heroic resistance for the Texans and was won later that year. This is the Alamo that the Texans were defending for 13 days. -
Donner party
The Donnie party was a group of American pioneers led by George Donner and James F Reed to California .They had been told that their was a short cut ;but they had to cross very steep mountains.Which lead them to Great Salt Lake (after 18 days). Then the Donner party crossed the Sierra Nevada Mountains, but they were too late and snow had fallen and blocked the trail.Trapped and cold with no food left the Donner party turned to eating rugs, shoes, and even people when they died!Only -
Mexican War
The Mexican War was between the U.S. and Mexico because manifest destiny. It started when the Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S. soldiers. Then U.S. called reinforcements with rifles and artillery we were able to defeat the Mexicans. The following up the Mexican crossed U.S. borders and shed blood on American soil; that's when Congress declared war on Mexico. With the losses added up on Mexico Antonio anna led the Mexican Army into war and lossed In September 1847 Scott successfully laid M -
Brigham Young
After Joseph Smith was assassination in 1844 Young was choose to be the leader of the Mormons and continued as president until his death. He directed the migration of 16,000 Mormons from Illinois to Utah from 1856 to 1852, and became governor of the territory in 1851. Brigham Young was born in Whitingham Vermont. Brigham believed in plural marriage, he had 20 wives and 47 children. Young was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1832. Young directed the migratio -
GOLD RUSH
The gold rush was when gold was found by James W. Marshall in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The gold rush had 300,000 people rush to California. People that lived in California were attacked and pushed off their land. There were no laws on property rights. San Francisco with 200 residents soon became 36,000 residents. Then being named boom town Roads, churches, schools and other towns were built throughout California. The people coming in were called fourty-niners because the
