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Bell Ringer 10/27
Who wrote the declaration of
Independence?
Runaway Scrape And San Jacinto
Sam Houston realized the Texans were outnumbered
Instead of attacking immediately, he decided to retreat to buy time
Texan Retreat
Civilian living in Texas heard about the Alamo and Goliad and decided to escape before Santa Anna got to them
Runaway Scrape
Runaway Scrape
Runaway Scrape
Impact of geography:What did the coastal plains have a lot of?RiversWhat happens during the spring time?Rains a lot
Lots of rain caused high rivers. Many people died rushing to cross.
Runaway Scrape
The high waters from the rivers benefited Sam Houston and the Texans because their army was small.
Santa Anna had to move at a much slower pace.
Santa Anna decided to split up his army
Texans Retreat
Texans captured a Mexican messenger that had letters describing Santa Anna’s plans and movements
Sam Houston decided that there was no longer any need to retreat; it was time to fight
April 20, 1836 there was a small fight between groups from each side. Santa Anna now knew where the Texans were
Battle of San Jacinto
Sam
Houst
on’s
Cam
p
Santa Anna’s Camp
Swamp
What is a Swamp
Aerial View https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDwL8QxEFkY
Moss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iIhDMaTTe4
Vince’s Bridge After Santa Anna crossed it, Sam Houston
had it destroyed so that neither army could retreat or receive reinforcements.
Battle of San Jacinto
Texans prepared to attack
The ridge that separated the Texans and Mexicans kept the Mexicans from seeing the Texan army get in battle formation
April 21, 1836
Texans attacked shouting “Remember the Alamo” and “Remember Goliad”
After many Mexicans were killed the army finally surrendered
Santa Anna ran away
Battle of San Jacinto
Battled lasted 18 minutes 630 Mexicans died 730 Mexicans taken prisoner 9 Texans died
Aftermath
With the victory at San Jacinto Texas had won its Independence
Impact of Geography on Battle of San Jacinto
Swamp kept Santa Anna from
retreating or receiving
reinforcements
Ridge in the middle of battlefield allowed for
Texans surprise attack
Santa Anna’s Three Mistakes
Divided his army into smaller forces
Withdrew his army so that
the ridge separated
the two armies
Ordered his men to take a siesta, or
rest
Treaty of Velasco
The purpose of a headline is to grab attention and sum up the story it will be discussing in just a few words.
They also usually have a point of view that is represented by the side that they are on.
Headliners
Headliners
Choose an event that happened in the Texas Revolution and write
a headline from the point of view of
Mexico and Texas
Battle of Gonzales Grass Fight Battle of the Alamo Goliad Massacre Runaway Scrape Battle of San Jacinto Treaty of Velasco
Example:
The Time Is Now!Austin Returns and Urges for Texas to
Fight
Headliners