road to texas independence

  • battle of gonzales

    battle of gonzales
    the battle of gonzales was the first military engagement of the texas revoltion it was fought near the town gonzales,texas.the fight was over a small cannon the mexicans gave to them.
  • texas declaration of indepence

    texas declaration of indepence
    the conventiln of 1836(texas dclaration of independence)was held on march 2 1836 during the battle of the alamo to sign the declaration.
  • fall of the alamo

    fall of the alamo
    The texans were surrounnded by mexicans since feb.23 1836 and they finnaly attaked on march 6,1836 the day of the fall.
  • runaway scrape

    runaway scrape
    settelers had fled thar home in texas after hearing the mexican troops wear preapare to invade and retake texas
  • fannins surrender

    fannins surrender
    Urrea attempted to secure honorable terms for his Texian prisoners. However, Santa Anna had received authorization from the Mexican Congress to treat all captured Texian troops as pirates rather than prisoners-of-war. Against Urrea's pleadings, all of the Texians were sentenced to death. A few Texians escaped the Goliad Massacre on March 27, but most were killed.
  • goliad massacre

    goliad massacre
    The Mexican Army was led by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who had sent General José Urrea marching into Texas from Matamoros, making his way north by following the coast of Texas. On March 19, he had quickly advanced and surrounded the 300 men in the Texian Army on the open prairie and fannins men surrender and they wear inprisend genarel urra sent a letter to santa anna saying the lifes of the texans be spared but santa anna said to kill them
  • battle of san jacinto

    battle of san jacinto
    led by sam houson of the texans defeted generel antonio lopez de santa anna mexican forces in a fight that lasted 18 min. about 630 mexicans solders wear killed and 730 wear captuerd including santa anna wich ledto texas independench
  • Santa Anna signs treaties of Velasco

    Santa Anna signs treaties of Velasco
    santa anna signed the treatie promising to leave texas alone after he was captured thar wear 2 treties signed.