1. The Texas Revolution

2. First Shots of the Revolution
Battle of Gonzales
First Shots of the Revolution
A Mexican officer ordered the citizens of Gonzales to hand over a brass cannon, but they refused.
The settlers buried the cannon and called for reinforcements that reached 140 men.
The settlers dug up their cannon, mounted it on a wagon, and placed a flag on it that read: “Come and Take It”
On October 2, 1835 the citizens of Gonzales attacked a force of 100 Mexican soldiers and forced them to leave for San Antonio.

3. Time to access ourselves
What does the flag at the battle of Gonzales say?
Ready to fight
Don’t mess with Texas
Come and take it
Viva de Mexico
Why do you think the Texans put the above slogan on the cannon?

4. Time to assess ourselves
Gonzales volunteers voted this person as their general.
Edward Burleson
“Deaf” Smith
Stephen F. Austin
Jim Bowie

5. Texas Military Sam Houston was named commander-in-chief of the TX Army
The General Counsel created the
TX Navy to protect the
coast and to attack MX ships.

6. SANTA ANNA Meanwhile: President Santa Anna and 6,000
Mexican soldiers marched north
towards TX, bent on revenge
He thought that he could
make the Texans obey the
Mexican government.
To be continued…..

7. William B. Travis was put in command of the Alamo in February 1836
Jim Bowie argued with Travis over
control of the troops, but finally
agreed to share command with him
Davy Crockett arrived later with his men

8. Assessment time Who was named commander-in -chief of the Texas Army?
Stephen F. Austin
James Fannin
Sam Houston
Ben Milam
If Bowie had decided to destroy the Alamo as ordered, how would the Texas
Revolution been different?

9. Santa Anna ordered the surrender of the Alamo and the defenders, but the Texans replied with a canon shot fired back at him.
In response, Santa Anna raised a red flag that told the Texans that he would take no prisoners and leave no survivors.

10. On February 24, 1836 Santa Anna ordered his
forces to begin firing on the Alamo.
That day William Travis
wrote a famous letter
“To the People of Texas
and All Americans” to
plea for help.
Jim Bowie had been ill, and collapsed on the
second day of Santa Anna’s siege. Travis then
took over full command of the Alamo.

11. On March 6, 1836, Santa Anna launched his
assault on the Alamo after 13 days of siege.
Texas artillery held the advancing Mexicans off
briefly, but they regrouped and eventually
overwhelmed the Alamo defenders and poured
into the mission by the hundreds

12. After a few hours, all the 182 defenders
and 600 Mexicans were dead.
Santa Anna only
spared the women,
children, and a slave
named
Joe.
Santa Anna felt that the defeat of the Alamo
would end the Texas Revolution, but it only
convinced the Texans to fight harder.

13. Assessment Time
Why did Santa Anna order his troops to take no prisoners?
A. He wanted to make a point
B. He thought the massacre would end the Texas Revolution
C. He already gave the Texans a chance to surrender
D. All of the above
Did the massacre at the Alamo scare any of the Texans away from fighting?
What do you think the massacre did for the Texans morale?

14. Today Texans celebrate Texas Independence Day
March 2, 1836

15. While General Urrea fought with Fannin’s troops stationed
Goliad Massacre
General Urrea was moving up the coastline and defeated many Texan troops
on his march to Refugio
and Goliad.
While General Urrea fought
with Fannin’s troops stationed
in Refugio, Fannin received
orders from Sam Houston to retreat to Victoria.
Fannin

16. Fannin decided to wait for his troops in Refugio to return before obeying Houston, but those soldiers had been either killed or captured by General Urrea
Fannin and Urrea finally met at the battle of Coleto, where Fannin was wounded.

17. The morning after the battle
started, General Urrea received
several hundred more soldiers,
and Fannin decided to
surrender.

18. The Texan prisoners were marched back to Goliad where they stayed for a week.

19. General Urrea wanted to keep them as prisoners
of war, but Santa Anna ordered him to execute
them all.
Grave of Fannin and his men

20. Battle of San Jacinto
After gathering supplies and
training his troops during the
Runaway Scrape, Houston
marched his troops down
Buffalo Bayou towards
Santa Anna’s camp.
Houston found that Santa Anna camped out in the open in a vulnerable spot, and camped his men in a spot that was partially hidden in a grove of trees

21. Before the battle, Houston sent Deaf Smith on a
special mission to destroy the bridge at
Vince's Bayou.
This effectively destroyed the retreat route for
both the Mexican army as well as his Texans .

22. On April 21, 1836 Houston ordered his army to attack the exhausted Mexican soldiers as they took their afternoon siestas.
words

23. Taken by surprise, 630 Mexican soldiers were
killed and 730 captured in 18 minutes of fighting

24. The next day, Santa Anna was captured while
hiding in the nearby marshes.
Texas Independence was secured.