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Battle of Gonzales
The Mexicans tried to take the Texans ,but the Texans refused to give it up. So the Texans rose a flag that said Come and take it to show there deiance of the order. -
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Texas revolution
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The seige of San Antonio
The mexican troops retreated farther into San Antonio, and the Texans began a moth long seige of the city. -
Consultation
With the army of the people in San Antonio, delegates gathered at San Felipe for a meeting called the Consultation. The delegates met to decide what action the Texans should take. The meeting brgan on November 4,1835. -
The battle of San Antonio
Ben William rose atbthe meeting and asked,"who will go into San Antonio with old Ben William?"About 300 of the 500 men were ready to fight, and on December 5th they launched their attack. -
Runaway scrape
Certain that santa anna intended to kill all anglo americans in texas, many settlers abandoned their homes and fled. When word of the massacre at the alamo and at golliad reached anglo settlers, they gathered up their belongings and went east as quickly as they could. -
Consultation Convention
The delegates gathered at washington on the brazos for the second consultation, also known as the convention of 1836. The delegates declared texas independance the next day March 2 -
Battle of the Alamo
The taxans were unaware that santa anna had decided to lead his troops in to texas. they would belive that he would wait until spring to launch an attack. As result, the Texas forces remained un organized and scattered. Their lack in preporation would ultimately cost them at their next encounter with the mexican troops, the battle of the Alamo -
The battle of coleto
Fannin stopped near golliad to give his men and oxen a break. But quickly they are surrounded by urreas men.So fannin commanded his men to get in a circle and defend thier selves.But they were over powerd by urreas men and they finaly surrenderd onmarch 20 -
Golliad massacre
Santa anna decided that the texans should be shot.So the texans were marched back to goliad and were held for a week but then almost all of them were executed except for a handfull of them. -
Battle of San Jacinto
A skirmish developed between the mexican army and the texan cavalry.The major part of the battle took place on the afternoon of April 21.