2. This war would eventually lead to additional large amounts of land being annexed to the U.S. Texas was not annexed until 1845, nine years after the actual battle. This was due the controversy over the slavery, the North did not want to be overpowered in Congress.

3. http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/sp b/Gallery/HisArt/15.htm

4. http://mexicanhistory.org/santaanna.h tm

5. http://thomaslegion.net/texastimelin erevolutionindependencetherepublico ftexasannexationstatehood.html

6. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry. com/~txhousto/

7. The Annexation of Texas to the Union, painting by Donald M. Yena This represents the moment the Texas became part of the United States in 1845. https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/ annexation/index.html

8. http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private /03.11/alamo.html

9. After the Battle of Goliad and the Siege of the Alamo, These became the battle cries for the battles to come.

10. http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Battle_of_San_Jaci nto

11. http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/C VC/exhibits/other/treaty.htm

12. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/te xas/annexation-texas.htm

13.  Texas eventually won its independence.  New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, California, Utah, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming were later annexed with Texas.  Later led to the Mexican-American War, which established the border of the Texas and Mexico as the Rio Grande.  Later led to the Gadsden Purchase, which established the transcontinental railroad.

14. http://mexicanhistory.org/santaanna.htm http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/spb/Gallery/HisArt/15.ht m http://thomaslegion.net/texastimelinerevolutioninde pendencetherepublicoftexasannexationstatehood.htm l http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/ http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/annexation- texas.htm http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/CVC/exhibits/other/treaty.htm

15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Jacinto https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/annexation/index. html http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/03.11/alamo.ht ml