Overview of the Texas Revolution

San Felipe

Consultation of 1835

The Battle at GoliadMarch of the Army of the PeopleSiege of BexarConsultation of 1835The Grass FightBattle of San AntonioCos surrenders and returns to Mexico

1835The Battle of Gonzales

Battle of Gonzales- Oct 2, 1835

2 Weeks before Consultation of 1835

Ugartechea tries to take back cannon

Texans say: “Come and Take it”

100 Mexican Soldiers under Ugartechea v. 160 Texans under Col. John H Moore

1 Mexican Soldier dies; 0 Texans die. Mexico withdraws

General Cos sees fight as beginning of war

ITS ON NOW!

Battle of Gonzales –Oct. 2, 1835

• 1st battle of the Texas Revolution

• Nickname is “The Lexington of Texas” because of the similarities between this battle and the first battle of the American Revolution

• Texans WON!!!

The Battle at Goliad- Oct. 9, 1835

• A week after Gonzales, Texans take the Presidio at Goliad

• They realize they may actually be able to beat the huge Mexican Army

• They decide to go to San Antonio– the biggest town in TX with the most soldiers

The Mission at Goliad

Battle of Goliad- Oct. 9, 1835

Texans surprise Mexican army at Goliad

Battle only lasts 30 minutes and Texans win easily

Texans start to think they can kick Mexican Army out of Texas

Only force of Mexican Army left in Texas:750 troops under General Cos at San Antonio

ON TO SAN ANTONIO!

• Everybody goes back to Gonzales to organize• Stephen F. Austin and other leaders gather a bunch of Texans

(American and Tejano) to march to San Antonio• They start their march and call their group the “Army of the

People”• Texans have about 400 soldiers when they get to SA• General Cos has about 750 soldiers in SA

The Army of the People’s March to San Antonio (Late Oct., 1835)

General Cos and Mexican soldiers in the

Alamo

• A siege is where one army is inside a fort or city and the other army tries to block all supplies and people from getting in or out

• Mexicans were inside the Alamo and the Texans surrounded them

• It started in on Oct. 29 and lasted FOREVER!! (At least that’s what the Texan volunteers started to think)

The Siege of Bexar: Oct. 28 – Dec. 5, 1835

Consultation of 1835Nov. 3-7, 1835

• Remember? They had called for this meeting at the end of Ch. 8

• 58 delegates from 14 towns meet• Write a “Declaration”… NOT of independence… it just tries to

explain their actions to MX• they are loyal citizens of Mexico• they would support the Constitution of 1824• fighting only to defend themselves from Santa Anna• ask all Mexican citizens to fight for a democracy (SA was

a dictator)

• There had been very little military activity in Oct. and Nov. because sieges were BORING

• A TX scout named “Deaf” Smith heard that the MX Army had some cavalry and mule train headed to San Antonio

• Some of the Texans, thinking it has silver for Cos’ soldiers ATTACK!!!

• It ends up to be just grass for their horses!• This is the final straw… the siege is called off and the Texans

start packing to go home

The Grass Fight: Nov. 26, 1835

The Battle of San AntonioDec 5-9, 1835

• Ben Milam, an empresario, heard that the Texans were leaving and tried to rally the troops to fight (he really wanted independence)

• He and Frank Johnson organized about 300 of the troops that were left and attacked the Mexicans in the Alamo!!!

• The battle lasted about 4 days… and the Texans had won!!• Cos surrendered and went home. Yay!

San Felipe

Consultation of 1835

1836 (Feb – Apr)