1 st battle of the Texas Revolution

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1 The Happy Year

2 1 st 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!!!

3 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

4 The Army of the People s March to San Antonio (Late Oct., ) 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 600 soldiers when they get to SA (as per TSHA) General Cos has about 750 soldiers in SA

5 The Siege of Bexar: Oct. 28 Dec. 5, 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. 28 and lasted FOREVER!! (At least that s what the Texan volunteers started to think) The Alamo (In San Antonio de Bexar) General Cos and Mexican soldiers in the Alamo

6 Remember? They had called for this meeting at the end of Ch delegates from 14 towns meet Write a Declaration of the People NOT of independence it just tries to explain their actions to MX 1. they are loyal citizens of Mexico 2. they would support the Constitution of fighting only to defend themselves from Santa Anna 4. ask all Mexican citizens to fight for a democracy (SA was a dictator) Peace Party War Party

7 The Grass Fight: Nov. 26, 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

8 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! With Cos gone the Texans realized that he took with him the last of the Mexican soldiers in Texas many Texans thought they had won the war!!!!

9 General Cos President Santa Anna! The Texans have run us out of Texas!!! Geez, Cos!!! Can t you do anything right? If you want something done right you have to do it yourself! Come on! Let s go back to Texas and I ll show you how to stop this rebellion!!!! Santa Anna Mexico City

10 San Felipe Consultation of The Battle of Gonzales The Battle at Goliad March of the Army of the People Siege of Bexar Consultation of The Grass Fight Battle of San Antonio Cos surrenders and returns to Mexico

11 1 st Battle of the TEXAS Revolution 1 st Battle of the AMERICAN Revolution Battle of Gonzales April 19, 1775 Lexington, MA Battle of Lexington Gonzales, TX October 2, Mexican officials had gone to Gonzales to get the cannon that had been loaned to them by the Mexican government to protect themselves from Native Americans British soldiers went to Lexington to get any military supplies or weapons that the Americans had stored Americans won!!! Texans won!!! Because of these similarities, the Battle of Gonzales is sometimes called The Lexington of Texas

12 Review Questions 1. What was the FIRST battle of the Texas Revolution? 2. What was that battle s nickname? 3. Why did it get that nickname? 4. What did the Battle of Goliad make the Texans realize? 5. What did the Texans decide to DO after the Battle of Goliad? 6. How did the Texans get to San Antonio? Who was in charge? 7. Who was in San Antonio and what were the Texans going to do about it? 8. What is it called when an army traps another group and tries to wait them out? What was the one in San Antonio called? What is the other name for it? 9. Who did that to whom in October of? 10.What was the meeting called that started in November of? 11.What did they do at the meeting? 12.What event during the siege was the straw that broke the camel s back? (What event during the siege led to the battle?) 13.Who led the Texans into battle? What happened to him? 14.Who won the Battle of San Antonio? What is another name for it? 15.Who lost the Battle of San Antonio? What did he (and they) do next? 16.What did the Texans think after they won the Battle of San Antonio?

13 Happy Year Calendar Instructions 1. Re-write the following list in your notebook. Find the dates for the following events in your notes OR textbook. YOU NEED THE DAY AND THE MONTH AND THE YEAR!!! Write the dates next to the events in your notebook: Battle of Gonzales Battle of Goliad Grass Fight Siege of Bexar begins Siege of Bexar ends Consultation begins Consultation ends Battle of Bexar begins Battle of Bexar ends 2. Get a Texas Revolution Happy Year Event Calendar 3. Write the above events on the calendar on the correct day. 4. Make a key at the bottom of your calendar that has (1) a little rectangle and (2) the name of a category 5. Color the 1 st rectangle red and label it Battles 6. Color the 2 nd rectangle blue and label it Siege 7. Color the 3 rd rectangle green and label it Grass Fight 8. Color the 4 th rectangle yellow and label it Consultation

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