Battle of Alamo and Battle of San Jacinta-
Key Players-Mexico: Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Republic of Texas: William Travis and James Bowie
Battle of Alamo-
Who won-Mexican victory
Mexicans had way more soldiers and the small but still strong army of Texans held them off for a while but still had no chance.
Results-The Mexicans a ton of money on the battle
they had some debts now
It was kind of a start to weaker people to defeat a greater force for a purpose
Importance-It delayed santa anna's army in san antonio and it enabled sam houston to gather and prepare a large army which was able to defeat the mexicans at san jacinto and win texas' independence
Battle of San Jacinto-
Key players-
Sam houston was a leader and won independece
Santa anna was the 8th president of Mexico
Who won-Texas won that battle. they had a sneak attack on the mexicans during the afternoon when most the the mexicans were sleeping in their tents
Importance- Texas won their independence from this battle
The battle of the alamo weakened the mexicans and the texans defeated them at the battle of son jacinto
Type of battle-Decisive battle of the texas revolution
the texans destroyed the mexicans in only 18 minutes and they captured santa anna (mexican general) the next day and he was forced to sign a treaty 3 weeks later
Tex-Mex Food 'n' stuff-
Turmoil in the Mexican Government
The Mexican government had enormous difficulty maintaining control over their northern territories
This was mainly because of civil war and religious turmoil
Mexico also believed that they never really lost texas it was just a rebelious state that they would later conquer
Response to Annexation of Texas
The US annexed Texas into the Union as the 28th in 1845
In doing this the US inherited Texas border dispute with mexico
This eventually led to the start of the Mexican-american war in 1846
During the war the US captured additional territory Mexican Cession of 1848
There continued to be territory disputes with Texas, the federal government, and the New Mexico was resolved with the Compromise of 1850
The Fall of Santa Anna-
After Mexico lost the war against Texas, Santa Anna signed the Treaties of Velasco
The treaty recognized Texas' independence There was a new Mexican government that said Santa Anna wasn't the president and said that the treaty was void
Santa Anna went into exile
More Falling-
He later talked to Andrew Jackson who brought Santa Anna back to his Mexican home
He rose back to into power when the previous president was making people angry
He became president again
He wanted Mexico to have more money so he raised taxes
People got mad at him so they locked him in jail
He became the general of the army again to fight in the Mexican-American war
Santa Anna lost and went back into exile
Rebels wanted Santa Anna to come back to Mexico so he became president again
During this presidency he sold land to the U.S.
He was overthrown again
La reforma-
Period halfway through 19th century in Mexico
Characterized by liberal reform
It modernized Mexico and made it a national state
Land reform/redistribution
Separation of Church and State
Wanted to increase education for the poor
Mexico fought the church by limiting the traditional land holding of the church
The church fought back with no gain
Juarez rises to power-
Benito Juarez is remembered as being a progressive reformer
He was dedicated to democracy, equal rights for his nation's indigenous peoples
Also his antipathy toward organized religion especially the Catholic Church, and what he regarded as defense of national sovereignty
The period of his leadership is known in Mexican history as La Refoma del Norte
He constituted a liberal political and social revolution with major institutional consequences
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