It proved to Texas that the Mexican army would be defeated & independence achieved.
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
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