Travis wrote this letter to recruit men to help him and his men at the Alamo after Santa Anna showed up in San Antonio, February 23

- sam houston ordered the Alamo to be destroyed 

- James bowie and James Neil  decided that the Alamo was too important 

- James bowie and William travis began to recruit  supporters 

-  Santa Anna arrived at San Antonio 

- the texans moved into the Alamo and 13 days fought the Mexicans 

- the fall of the Alamo occurred on the morning of march 6, 1836

- 1800 Mexican troops  fought approximately 189 texans

- texas delegates met at Washington on the bravos 

- to establish an independent government 

-  declared independence from Mexico on march 2, 1836

- wrote a constitution to form an interim government 

colonel James Fannin surrendered his 300 men at the battle of coleto

- texas fought the mexicans off, but Fannin decided to surrender to prevent more deaths 

- captives were marched to goliad, and urrea told them they were not going to be killed but Santa Anna ordered the captives to all be shot by march 21

- April 21 1830

- Shortest battle in history 

- Sam Houston led the texas forces - 800 men

- Santa Anna led the Mexican forces- 1300 men 

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