Battle of Alamo and Battle of San Jacinto-
Mexico Antonio Lopez de santa anna, republic of texas William travis and james bowie
Mexican won, completely overpowered them in this battle, Mexicans had more soldiers and small, but still stronger than army of Texans held them off for awhile but still no chance
Battle of Alamo- Mexicans spent tons of money and went into debts now, kind of a start to weaker people trying to defeat a greater force for a purpose
Battle of San Jacinto- Sam Houston leader and won independence, the Texans won they destroyed the Mexicans, Texans had a sneak attack and the battle only lasted 20 mins, Texans won their independence from this battle, the battle of the Alamo weakened the Mexicans, decisive battle of the Texans revolution, forced to sign a treaty 3 weeks later
Tex-Mex Food n Stuff-
the Mexicans government had enormous difficulty maintaining control over their territories. this was mainly because of the civil war, Mexico also believed that they never really lost Texas, the us annexed texas into the union as the 28th state in 1845, there continued to be territory disputes with texas , the federal government, and new mexico territory was resolved with compromise of 1850, after mexico lost the battle to texas santa anna signed the treaties of velasco, the treaty recognized texas independence, the period of this leadership is known in Mexican history as la reforma del norte (the reform of the north)
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