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Dellaneyra Duarte
Professor B
Spearman High School
History 1301
The Alamo
Texas prides itself on a strong heritage and history. Events that happened when Texas fought to gain independence will forever remain preserved and idolized in the heart of every true Texan. One of the most famous events that occurred during the fight for independence happened at a place that was not well-known and did not hold much importance at the time, but because of the events that occurred there, it will forever be a place of remembrance and pride. This place is known as The Alamo. This paper focuses on the articles written by Brian C. Baur, Richard R. Flores, and Paul Andrew Hutton over The Alamo.
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Baur wrote an article, “American Field Trip: The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas”, where he talks about the events leading up to The Battle of The Alamo, the Battle of The Alamo, and things done after the battle to honor The Alamo. He starts off talking about how Mexico had just gained their independence from Spain and how they eased their immigration policy and allowed people from the United States to move to Texas. He says that once Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna became president of Mexico the series of events that led up to The Battle of The Alamo would begin. Baur states that the first hostility between the Mexicans and the Americans was the Battle of Gonzales that took place on October Duarte2 2, 1835.
The Alamo, originally named Mission San Antonio de Valero, became occupied by the Americans. James Bowie, William Travis, and Davy Crockett later on arrived at The Alamo with men to help protect it. Baur discusses that Santa Anna caught the Americans by surprise. They were unprepared and had to quickly gather any supplies or food they could find. The battle lasted 12 days resulting in the victory of the Mexicans. Baur states that “The Alamo is hallowed ground in Texas and memorializes those who died in a struggle for freedom.” To honor and celebrate the Battle of the Alamo, stamps have been issued to portray …show more content…
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Flores is a Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Liberal Arts and a Professor of Anthropology and Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas. Flores says that one of the reasons Texans wanted to gain its independence from Mexico was because of the government Santa Anna had. Texans and anyone going against Santa Anna wanted Mexico to go back to a federalist republic they did not want a centralist government. Stephen F. Austin proposed the idea of making Texas an independent Mexican state that had control of its own affairs to Santa Anna, but he refused the idea which then added on to the Texans desires to become independent. The tension grew between the Texans and the Mexican government when Santa Anna got rid of the Mexican Constitution of 1824. Flores states that saying the Battle of the Alamo was a battle between Texans and Mexicans is wrong. The “Texans” in fact were not truly Texans, only thirteen native-born Texans fought in the Battle of the Alamo (eleven of those were of Mexican descent), the rest were Europeans, Jews, African Americans, United States Americans and Mexicans. Flores discusses the severe effects of the Texas Modern on the Mexicans. He says that most Mexicans were unemployed, lived in poverty, and had little access to public institutions. He also says the Mexicans were maintained by
their Duarte3 forced social and economic segregation. Flores goes on and argues that the Alamo is a site of public history and culture in the Texas Modern and it serves as a way of justifying the social and racial cleavages of the moment. Paul Andrew Hutton is an American cultural historian, author, and documentary writer. He is also the professor of history at the University of New Mexico and executive director of Western History. In Hutton’s article “The Alamo, Well Remembered,” he talks people and things that came of the Battle of the Alamo and how other people viewed those subjects. He says that Juan Sequin was a commander of a Tejano Company and a captain in the Texas army and that he rode into the Alamo with Travis. Sequin and other Hispanic defenders showed heroism in defending the Alamo. Sequin was portrayed as the symbol of Tejano resistance to Mexico and as a heroic but tragic figure, but to many Hispanics he was not a hero. Hutton states that once news was brought to Travis about there being no hope for them; Travis stood in front of his men, pulled his sword out and drew a line in the ground. Travis told his men that anyone willing to fight and die with him to cross the line and anyone not willing, to stay where they were. It was said only one man did not cross the line, and that man left at dawn. Hutton says there is controversy whether Travis actually pulled his sword out and drew the line or if he just used an imaginary line; but what Hutton says everyone agrees on is that whether the line was there or not, his speech towards his men was very encouraging and played an important role in the battle. Davy Crockett was seen as an idol by many people, especially little kids. Little kids saw him as strong, brave, and that he always stood for justice and truth. Crockett’s death brought a lot of controversy. Some people believed Crockett and other prisoners were executed, but others believed that was not true. Duarte4 Paul Andrew Hutton is an American Cultural historian, author, and documentary writer. He is also the professor of history at the University of New Mexico and executive director of Western History. Hutton wrote an article in which he talks about the events that occurred in the Battle of the Alamo. He starts this article off by talking about after the battle. Hutton says that as the sun rose the Mexican officers were able to finally see everything that happened. The officers were sickened by the sight of all the dead bodies. Lieutenant Jose Enrique de la Pena noted, “The bodies, with their blackened and bloody faces disfigured by the desperate death, their hair and uniforms burning at once, presented a dreadful and truly hellish sight.” Hutton says that Lieutenant Jose Enrique observed as Santa Anna arrived. He said that Santa Anna was not troubled at all at the sight, but thought of all of this as just a small affair. Hutton goes on and talks about the events that occurred before the battle. He says the president before Santa Anna had created some laws that the Texans didn’t like, but once Santa Anna became president he took those laws away. Government officials became worried of the situation north of the Rio Grande getting out of hand, that is when Santa Anna decided to put those laws back and reinforce them. The Texans became angry because of these laws and sought for independence. Help from many places came to the Alamo once word of Santa Anna and his army were approaching. The Texans were asleep when Santa Anna and his men arrived at the Alamo. The 200 Texans were outnumbered as they fought 3,000 Mexicans. Caught off guard, the Texans tried to do anything they could to keep the Mexicans back, but it was not enough. The Mexicans were able to get into the Alamo and kill every man there. Many women with their children, Travis’ slave, and Brigido Guerrero were all set free after some questioning. Travis, Bowie, Crockett, Bonham, and Dickinson’s bodies were all stacked and burned. Duarte5 The Alamo played a very important role in the independence of Texas. Although the Texans faced many struggles and did not come out victorious, their effort and willingness to fight and die for something they greatly believed in will always be remembered. All of the men who died fighting to give every Texan a better tomorrow will hold a special place in every true Texans heart. The Battle of the Alamo was very significant and will continue to be a representation of a Texans willingness to do anything for what they believe.
Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution by: James E. Crisp draws the author rich information of the Texas Revolution and his own particular involvement with prejudice and racism. Crisp reveals as of now covered truths, tunes in point-by-point counter with diverse historians, and searches for not to reveal the myths of the Alamo, yet rather to understand them. Crisp finally parcels his book in every chapter a major point, the extremism clear in particular variants of Sam Houston's commended talk, the perfect and frail portions of the de la
Paul Robert, Walker. Remember the Alamo. 1. 1. Washington, DC: National Geographic, Mc Graw Hill, 2007. 47. Print.
We just recently lost the Alamo and all the great men who fought for it. 189 men lost there lives fighting for the Alamo and they will be greatly remembered. The men held the fort for 13 days before Santa Anna and his army engulfed it. Santa Anna other wise know as napoleon of the west or the president of Mexico ordered his men to kill every one thou he let some women and children go to tell the tale. Soon after the lose of the Alamo general urrea executed 400 Texans under command of colonel Fannin which is known as Goliad massacre.
Ramos, Raul A. Beyond the Alamo: Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821-1861. The University of North Carolina Press. 2008.
Once Santa Anna rode across the Rio Grande river, he immediately went into battle. Santa Anna defeated the Texicans at the Battle of Alamo. Every Texican soldier who survived the battle were sent to execution, a tactic Santa Anna likely picked up from h is training with General Joaquin Arrendondo as a boy (Mckeehan). After the massacre, Santa Anna felt as though his job in Texas was done but wanted to take one final swipe at the Texicans – a detrimental mistake.
In the afternoon of February 23, 1836, Santa Anna’s army arrived in San Antonio. The Texan defenders retreated to the well-fortified Alamo. Santa Anna had given the defenders time to escape if they wanted, but the Texans stayed, confident with their weaponry. With the few soldiers he had, Colonel Travis sent requests to Colonel James Fannin for reinforcements, but received none. Fannin thought that the 300 men he had wouldn’t make a difference and may not arrive in time. Of the 200 defenders, there were settlers who wanted independence as well as a dozen Tejanos who joined the movement. Although they believed in ind...
At the start of the film we are set in the year 1836 in the Mexican State of Coahuila and Tejas town of San Antonio de Bexar, the site of the Alamo. We can see massive amounts of fallen Texan Defenders and the Mexican Army invaders dispersed around the battle site. The film then flashes back to the year 1835 where we see Dennis Quaid, Sam Houston, attending a party where he is trying to persuade others at the party to migrate to Texas. Houston meets David Crockett, Billy Bob Thornton, and discusses what Crockett will receive if he moves to Texas. We are later presented with a shot of a group of people having a meeting discussing the matter of what action to take after
Anglo- historian’s main concentration was in the area of the colonies established by the Stephen F. Austin. The Austin Colonies are the ones most frequently referenced in the history commonly known by modern Texans. However, Hispanics participated in the revolution and sacrificed their lives and property along with Anglo c...
When looking at the vast lands of Texas after the Civil War, many different people came to the lands in search for new opportunities and new wealth. Many were lured by the large area that Texas occupied for they wanted to become ranchers and cattle herders, of which there was great need for due to the large population of cows and horses. In this essay there are three different people with three different goals in the adventures on the frontier lands of Texas in its earliest days. Here we have a woman's story as she travels from Austin to Fort Davis as we see the first impressions of West Texas. Secondly, there is a very young African American who is trying his hand at being a horse rancher, which he learned from his father. Lastly we have a Mexican cowboy who tries to fight his way at being a ranch hand of a large ranching outfit.
On February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise. Undaunted, the Texians and Tejanos prepared to defend the Alamo together. The defenders held out for 13 days against Santa Anna's army. William B. Travis, the commander of the Alamo sent forth couriers carrying pleas for help to communities in Texas. On the eighth day of the siege, a band of 32 volunteers from Gonzales arrived, bringing the number of defenders to nearly two hundred. Legend holds that with the possibility of additional help fading, Colonel Travis drew a line on the ground and asked any man willing to stay and fight to step over — all except one did. As the defenders saw it, the Alamo was the key to the defense of Texas, and they were ready to give their lives rather than surrender their position to General Santa Anna. Among the Alamo's garrison were Jim Bowie, renowned knife fighter, and David Crockett, famed frontiersman and former congressman from Tennessee.
Mendoza, Alexander, and Charles David Grear. Texans and War New Interpretations of the State's Military History.. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2012.
...is own. In an overall assessment of this book, Martin comes to the conclusion that “Campbell has succeeded in providing a thoughtful, very readable, and eminently useful survey of a fluid, exciting, and fascinating period of United States and Texas history through the lens of the life of the greatest Texas hero of them all” showing that Martin as well as Campbell seemed to be very fascinated by the heroism of Sam Houston (The Journal of Southern History, 60, November 1994, 796).
The siege, fall and ensuing massacre of nearly two hundred Alamo defenders at the hands of Mexican General, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna y Perez de Lebron’s army of over five thousand was a defining moment in both Texan, and American history. For 13 days against insurmountable odds, a small, but very determined Texan garrison force fended off an equally determined Mexican Army ordered to capture it. I’ll discuss the events and political climate leading up to the siege, key historic figures involved on both sides, the siege itself, along with events immediately following the battle. The iconic phrase, “Remember the Alamo!” would later go on to become a rallying cry at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Thesis: The nine years of Texas’s independence were long and seemed to be dragged out. Were those nine years unnecessary and could it have been done in a shorter period of time? 13 October 1834 was the first revolutionary meeting of the American citizens who’d settled in Mexico, in the area soon to be known as Texas. The people attempted a movement that soon was laid to rest by the Mexican Congress. Attempts at independence were silenced for the time being and the elections of 1835 proceeded forward.
Beginning in 1845 and ending in 1850 a series of events took place that would come to be known as the Mexican war and the Texas Revolution. This paper will give an overview on not only the events that occurred (battles, treaties, negotiations, ect.) But also the politics and reasoning behind it all. This was a war that involved America and Mexico fighting over Texas. That was the base for the entire ordeal. This series of events contained some of the most dramatic war strategy that has ever been implemented.