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tx declaration of independence
The Texas Declaration of Independence was produced, literally, overnight. Its urgency was paramount, because while it was being prepared, the Alamo in San Antonio was under seige by Santa Anna's army of Mexico. -
Battle of the Alamo
Santa Anna and his army surrounded the Alamo for 13 days starting on February 23rd. William B. Travis, Davy Crockett and James Bowie and other Texian defenders were inside the abandoned mission in San Antonio. Almost all of the Texans were killed. The battle inspired other Texans and Americans to continue the fight for independence. -
Runaway scrape
The Runaway Scrape was the name given to the flight and subsequent hostilities that occurred, as Texan, Tejano, and American settlers and militia encountered the pursuing Mexican army in early 1836. -
santa anna signs the treaties of velaco
On this day in 1836, in the aftermath of the decisive Texan victory at San Jacinto, ad interim president David G. Burnet and Gen. -
Fannin' urrender at coleto creek
The Battle of Coleto, also known as the Battle of Coleto Creek, the Battle of the Prairie, and the Batalla del encinal del Perdido, was fought on March 19 and 20, 1836, during the Goliad campaign of the Texas Revolution. -
Goliad massacre
On March 19, he had quickly advanced and surrounded the 300 men in the Texian Army on the open prairie, near La Bahia two day Battle of Coleto ensued with the Texians holding their own on the first day. -
santa anna burns harrisburg
April 18th. In protest of future Texans having to conform to a corrupt and unwieldy tax code, Santa Anna burns Harrisburg, the momentary Capitol of Texas -
battle of san jancito
The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. -
BATTLE OF GONZALE
The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army troops. -
vince's bayou bridge is destroyed
Vince's Bridge was a wooden bridge constructed by Allen Vince over Sims Bayou near Harrisburg, Texas. Its destruction by Texas armed forces played a critical role during the April 1836 Battle of San Jacinto in the decisive defeat of the Mexican army, which effectively ended the Texas Revolution.
