The Alamo

   

References:
1. http://www.history.com/topics/alamo
2. http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-alamo
3. http://www.historytoday.com/j-mackay-hitsman/texan-war-1835-1836
    Video:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUm0t7v-gjY
             
 The Mission of San Antonio de Valero in the 18th century was situated along the San Antonio River. By 1800 the missionaries were gone and their land was taken for military purposes. Occupying soldiers called the mission-turned-garrison El Alamo. Eventually the mission was renamed to The Alamo. First Spanish then Mexican soldiers occupied the Alamo. Mexico gained independence from Spain in the early 1820s. Settlers began moving towards Texas. In December of the mid 1830s, a fight for independence begun between the Texans and the Mexicans. In February of 1836 George Collinsworth and Benjamin Milam led a group to take back the Alamo. Colonel James Bowie and Colonel William B Travis prepared to defend the Alamo against the Mexicans. David Crockett arrived to help in the battle. The Texans had only 200 people to fight against the Mexicans but the Mexicans had 1800 to 6000 to fight back. The Texans held off general Santa Anna off for 13 days. On March 6th the Texans had been beaten and Santa Anna slaughtered everyone except Susannnah Dickinson and the wife of Captain Almaron Dickinson who died in battle.