The Alamo and Texas Independence

Texans occupy the Alamo In January 1836, the Texans occupied the Alamo Only 100 Texans stayed By February, only 50 more Texans volunteered to defend the Alamo Texans began to strengthen their defenses Built a larger wall and obtained more weapons

Mexico Arrives The Mexican army arrived in San Antonio on February 23, 1836 with more than 1000 troops The Texans had fewer than 200

William B Travis Wrote a letter titled ‘To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World’ Travis wrote this letter to help him and his men defend the Alamo against Santa Anna http://www.freedomdocuments.com/Travis/text.html

The Battle of the Alamo Santa Anna’s army circled the Alamo and fought for 13 days The Alamo fell on March 6, 1836 1800 Mexican troops fought against 190 Texans All Texans were killed and 600 Mexican soldiers were killed

The Convention of 1836 Texas delegates met at Washington on the Brazos Declared independence from Mexico on March 2 1836 Wrote a constitution to form a government for the Republic of Texas

Assignment Complete your flag Make sure you have an illustration and phrase in order to receive full credit Write a 3 sentence paragraph explaining why Texans wanted independence from Mexico on back.