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  • Battle of Gonzales

    Battle of Gonzales
    The Mexicans had wanted to take a cannon from the texans but the texans didnt like that. So the Texans buried the cannon intill the mexicans forgot about it. Later the mexicans and texans went to war so the texans unburied the cannon and shot it at them at the beging of the war and said come and take it.
  • March of the Mexican Army

    March of the Mexican Army
    The Mexican Army headed toward san antonio because the surrendered at the rebellions. mad santa anna went with them they went realy far because santa anna would not stop he wanted to go furthor and furthor and not stop for anything untill they got to the alamo.
  • Consultation of 1835

    Consultation of 1835
    The Consultation of 1835 was held for delegets from the different colonies to talk about to rebel, the Mexican government, and start a revolution or to make a deal with the Mexican government.
  • Declararion of 1835

    Declararion of 1835
    Consultation announced that the Texan war against Mexico principally intended to restore the Mexican Constitution of 1824, abrogated by the actions of President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and to achieve separate Mexican statehood for Texas. The members of the Consultation had hoped to attract popular support for the Texan cause from the other Mexican states.
  • Texans Attack of San Antonio

    Texans Attack of San Antonio
    The Texans attacked the Mexicans forces in San Antionio becouse they were mad at Santa Anna and all that he had been doing. after the mexican army had been attack very few people were injured of killed at war with the texans.
  • Surrender of Mexican Forces in San Antonio

    Surrender of Mexican Forces in San Antonio
    Sam houston led a war against General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican forces. This fight just lasted eighteen menutes. The texans had killed over seven hundred soldiers and about seven hundred captured. This left the Mexicans very confused which then led to them surrendering.
  • Siege of the Alamo begins

    Siege of the Alamo begins
    The siege of the Alamo occurred between February 23 and March 6, 1836 as part of the Battle of the Alamo. On February 23, Mexican troops under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna entered San Antonio de Bexar, Texas and surrounded the Alamo Mission. The Alamo was defended by a small force of Texians, led by William Barrett Travis and James Bowie, and including Davy Crockett. The siege ended when the Mexican Army launched an early-morning assault on March 6. Almost all of the Texans were killed,
  • Texas Declaration of Independence

    Texas Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence was written in the summer of 1776 by Thomas Jefferson,everybody agreed on it on July 2, then it was sent to be finaly writen for the last time on July 4, the reason this constution was written is because the collonists did not like what the king was doing and they wanted to do something about it.
  • Constitution of 1836

    Constitution of 1836
    The Constitution of 1836, establishes the laws where all the citizens are governed. but Texas has worked under a constitutional government since 1824! The Constitution supported many of the US constitution, featuring "Trial by Jury" and others.
  • The Siege of the Alamo ends

    The Siege of the Alamo ends
    The siege of the Alamo occurred between February 23 and March 6, 1836 as part of the Battle of the Alamo. On February 23, Mexican troops under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna entered San Antonio de Bexar, Texas and surrounded the Alamo Mission. The Alamo was defended by a small force of Texians, led by William Barrett Travis and James Bowie, and including Davy Crockett. The siege ended when the Mexican Army launched an early-morning assault on March 6. Almost all of the Texians were killed,
  • Battle of the Alamo

    Battle of the Alamo
    The Mexican forces come to the alamo at 5 in the morning plalying music to signal to start the war. The texans had a lot less soldiers than the mexicans but the texans kept fighting. in the end the texans had came though and won the war. which war was a major point in the texas revolution.
  • Runaway Scrape

    Runaway Scrape
    The Runaway Scrape is the period in early 1836 generally beginning with the Siege and Fall of the Alamo and ending with the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21. It was a period of terror and panic among the settlements of Texas. the war spread over san jasinto destroying everything. people were packing up there bags trying to get out of there untill the war was over.
  • Battle of Refugio/Coleto (Goliad massacre)

    Battle of Refugio/Coleto (Goliad massacre)
    Fannin sent Amos King on a mission to Refugio on 11 March, unknowingly straight into the path of Urrea's army. On the 13th, King sent out a plea for help to Fannin, who sent William Ward to reinforce him. They linked up and fortified a mission. Urrea, meanwhile, heard of their presence and marched a flying column of 300 Mexican troops to Refugio, hoping to overtake the Texans. On 14 March the two sides clashed and fought until dark.The Texans attempted to escape back to Goliad, but were capture.
  • Swearing in of the Texas Government Officials

    Swearing in of the Texas Government Officials
    Stephen F.Austin,Branch Archer, and William H. Warton. Sam Houston were sweared into the texas govt. officials also known as commishiner-in-chief at a govt. meeting.