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Texas Revolution Heating UpGet one of the handouts off the
table.Someone can pass out the profile sheets from yesterday.Get
your Texas Heroes foldable out!
JUMPSTARTRead the Alamo Journal directions and the project
rubric. Write your name on it, fold it and keep it in your Alamo
journal.
Texas Revolution Heating UpWrite your name and class period on
the back cover of your Alamo journal.
Using your biography sheet from yesterday, write the name of the
person you chose on the cover of your Alamo journal.Inside on the
back of the front cover, write the details of your defender.
Texas Revolution Timeline1835Oct. - General de Cos, acting under
the orders of President Santa Anna, fortified the Alamo shortly
after his arrival in San Antonio at the head of a small army.Dec.
10- General Cos and about 1,200 troops surrendered the Alamo to a
volunteer Texan Army of fewer than 400 after a fierce battle for
the city.1836Jan. 6- Colonel James Neill, commander of the Alamo,
reported to the acting governor that he had 104 men, but they
lacked food or clothing.Jan. 7- General Santa Anna and his army
arrived at Saltillo, 365 miles from San Antonio.Jan. 14- Col. Neill
wrote to Gen. Sam Houston, Men in field four months. Today we were
to receive pay for the first month. I have 100 men. If they do not
get paid, 20 of them will leave immediately for home.Jan. 15 Alamo
garrison had decreased to 80 men as the volunteers continued to
leave.Jan. 17- Sam Houston ordered Col. James Bowie to San Antonio
to evaluate the situation.
Texas Revolution Timeline1836Jan. 18- Capt. Jameson, a military
engineer with the Texan Army, wrote Gen. Houston to say, You can
plainly see that the Alamo never was built by military people for a
fortress.Jan. 19- Col. Bowie arrived in San Antonio with 30
men.February 1836Tues. 2- Col. Bowie & Neill held a conference
in which they decided that the safety of Texas depended on
maintaining the Alamo as a fortress.Wed. 3- Col. Travis arrived in
San Antonio with 25 men. He agreed with Bowie and Neill that the
Alamo must be defended.Mon. 8- David Crockett arrived in San
Antonio with 16 men.Wed. 10- Col. Neill reported that the Alamos
garrison, boosted by recent arrivals, totaled 142.Thurs. 11- Col.
Neill left the Alamo on a leave of absence due to an illness in his
family.Fri. 12- Col. Travis assumed the role of Alamo
commander.
Texas Revolution TimelineFebruary 1836Sat. 13- Gen. Santa Annas
armyheaded for San Antonio was caught in a blizzard that left more
than a foot of snow on the ground. Sun. 14- Col. Travis and Bowie
agreed to share command of the 150 man garrison after a dispute
arose over control of the volunteers.Tues. 16- Gen. Santa Anna
crossed the Rio Grande and started for San Antonio.Wed. 17- Gen.
Santa Anna arrived at the Nueces River, 119 miles from San
Antonio.Thurs. 18- A scout reported to Col Travis that the Mexican
Army had crossed the Rio Grande.
Santa Annas Speech, Feb. 17, 1836
Document A Santa Annas Speech
Who gave this speech? Where and when did he give it?According to
the speaker, who were the miserable wretches? What were two of the
things that they did to Mexico?According to the speaker, what
mistake was made by Mexican officials?Many of the assembled
soldiers listening to this speech were ordinary men recruited from
the area around Saltillo in northern Mexico. How do you think they
would have responded to this speech?Document A Santa Annas
Speech
NotesSanta Anna wrote this speech for an audience larger than
his soldiers. He sent a copy to Mexico City to be read before
Congress.It was also in Mexican newspapers.Santa Anna refers to
Mexicos own problems. He was also dealing with issues on the home
front as well.Mexicans feared he was becoming a dictator after a
massacre at Zacatecas near Coahuila.
Journal Entry #1Date your entry Evening, February 20, 1836.
Santa Annas words certainly get your attention, along with everyone
elses. And the Mexican army is only a few days march away! You
practically run to your journal.What is your reaction to the
speech?How do you feeling knowing he is close?What do your friends,
or comrades think?
February 20, 1836Imagine that you are in a battle in which you
and your troops are outnumbered. You realize that no one else is
coming to help you. You could retreat, but you promised to fight
the battle until the end. Would you stay and fight or would you
leave? Why?