Background & Overview
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Key Events
A. Battle of Gonzales
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B. William B. Travis’s letter
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I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna - I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man - The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken - I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls - I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch - The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country - Victory or Death.
~ William Barret Travis.
C. The Siege of the Alamo and all the Heroic Defenders Who Gave Their Lives There
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D. The Constitutional Convention of 1836
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E. Fannin’s Surrender at Goliad
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F. Battle of San Jacinto - April 21, 1836
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