Create a new account

It's simple, and free.

The 1836 battle for the Alamo

mante from power, Texas colonists were initially relieved; anticipating a respite from the "intolerable acts" legislated by the highly centralized Mexican government (Grigg 37). However, Santa Anna revealed himself rather quickly to be a despotic ruler intent upon enforcing martial law while dismantling democratic institutions; the Texian "War Party", consisting of American colonists, suddenly attracted the membership of men that had once favored conciliation and compromise, such as Stephen Austin (Grigg 38). War, it seemed, was inevitable.

Open conflict between Texian and Mexican troops was at hand. A series of battles had commenced by 1836, eventually becoming the War for Texas Independence. The Alamo fits into this chronology of events in peculiar fashion. First of all, its location at San Antonio de Bexar was not considered an important one to the Texian cause; it was "too far from the American settlements in Texas and too close to the population centers of Mexico," according to Sam Houston, commander-in-chief of the revolutionary army of Texas, who also surmised that "the War for Texas Independence would never be won at Bexar, but it might be lost there (Brands 90)." Houston decided to coax the Texans at Bexar away from the location in favor of falling back to a more strategic "eligible position (Brands 90)"; in his letter to the captain in charge at Bexar, James Fannin, Houston asked "would it not be best to raise a nominal siege fall-back to La Bahia and Gonzales

...

< Prev Page 2 of 7 Next >

More on The 1836 battle for the Alamo...

Loading...
APA     MLA     Chicago
The 1836 battle for the Alamo. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 02:01, March 29, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1703774.html