1. The Road to Independence
Chapter 9
The Road to Independence

2. Mexican General Cos & Mexican troops came to San Antonio
Texas settlers became concerned!
They formed “Committees of Correspondence”
to secretly watch the Mexican troops!
The Texans formed these groups to shared political and military information on the
Mexican Army …

3. Battle of Gonzales – nickname “The Lexington of Texas”
October 2, 1835
The Mexicans ordered the people of Gonzales to surrender a cannon
They sent 100 Mexican soldiers to take it!
The Texans buried it in a peach orchard

4. More Texas troops came to Gonzalez
The Texans dug up the cannon and mounted
it on a wagon …
(fired the cannon on the Mexican Army)

5. Come and Take It! A flag with a cannon to “taunt” the Mexican Army …

6. Flag of the Revolution COME AND TAKE IT!

7. The Texans Fired the Cannon!
One Mexican trooper was killed
No Texans died!
The Mexicans withdrew to San Antonio …

8. The Texans then captured the town of Goliad
Flag

9. General Cos’s large army had fled to in San Antonio with
On to San Antonio!
General Cos’s large army had fled to in San Antonio with
700 Mexican troops …

10. The Siege & Capture of San Antonio
by the Texas Army
The Texans surrounded the city of San Antonio in a “Siege”…
The Mexican Army under General Cos were in the city.

11. In time, Winter was Coming &
November, December, 1835…
In time, Winter was Coming &
Some Texans Wanted
to Go Home ….

12. Empresario Ben Milam Wanted to attack San Antonio, not go home!!
Rallied the Texas troops to attack a weakened Mexican Army under General Cos
He led 300 Texas Volunteers in attacking San Antonio

13. Milam was killed by sniper fire
The Assault began on
December 5th;
After the “Siege of San Antonio”
Milam was killed by sniper fire
The bloody fighting was hand-to-hand,
and house-to-house
It was over by December 8-9th …

14. General Cos was backed into the Alamo
Cos promised to return
to Mexico and never
fight the colonists again
(yeah, right …)
He surrendered on
December 9th