1. The Texans were fighting to keep their hold on Texas
6,000 MXN vs
189 TXNS
All Txns died
600 Mxns died
W. Travis
J. Bowie
D. Crockett
vs.
Santa Anna
These 13 days allowed the delegates to write the Dec of Indep and set up a government
Alamo
The Texans were fighting to keep their hold on Texas
March 6,
1836
& the 12 days prior
Santa Anna was coming to get his land back

2. 342 TXNS were executed including Fannin. 28 people escaped.
Houston
ordered Fannin
to burn down
La Bahia & throw the supplies in the river.
Fannin
didn’t follow
Orders and was
captured
near Coleto Creek
James Fannin
vs.
Gen. Urrea
Goliad
Massacre
342 TXNS were executed including Fannin. 28 people escaped.
March
1836

3. George Childress wrote the TX Declaration of Independence.
Sam Houston
kept people from
leaving to go to
the Alamo. He said to
Make TX independent
first
Washington on
the
Brazos
Convention of 1836
David Burnet
named
President of TX
March
1836

4. Texas Declaration of Independence
March 2, 1836
@ Convention of 1836, Washington on the Brazos
Penned by: George Childress
Preamble: states the problem
Philosophy: Their ideas on how they “should” be treated
Grievances: List of complaints
Prior Attempts: Ways they have tried to resolve the differences
Statement of Independence: The break-up
Signatures

5. Runaway Scrape March-April 1836 Texans fleeing East Texans
burnt their homes along the way, depriving MXNs of any hospitality
Texans fled east in fear that Santa Anna would show them No Mercy
March-April
1836
Runaway
Scrape
Houston’s strategic retreat to tire the MXNs and wait for MX to make a mistake
Texans fleeing East

6. San Jacinto Deaf Smith was sent to burn the bridge. Sam Houston vs.
MXCNs were trapped by the San Jacinto River
Sam Houston
vs.
Santa Anna
San Jacinto
April 21,
1836
18 minute battle
Santa Anna tried to escape but was captured.

7. Treaty of Velasco May 14, 1836 Public Treaty Ended the war
MX army had to withdraw troops south of the Rio Grande.
Public Treaty
MX vowed never to attack TX again.
Each side had to release their prisoners.

8. Treaty of Velasco Secret Treaty
MX would recognize TX as a free nation.
MX and TX agreed the Rio Grande would be the border.
MX later refuses to accept this treaty because Santa Anna was being held as a prisoner at the time.