Antonio López de Santa Anna Essays

American History 20 March 2017 Texas Rising In Texas Rising there are many battles between the Texas Army and the Mexican Army. The Texas Rangers and Army were under the command of General Sam Houston. The Mexican Army was under the command of General Santa Anna. General Houston and his men fought endlessly against the Mexican Army to gain independence for Texas. In episode one, From the Ashes, it all starts with the Mexican Army attacking people at The Alamo. There were three women and one child who survived

had held control of Southern Texas yielding a faster impendence for the Texans. In December 1835, after General (Gen.) Martín Perfecto de Cos surrendered, a group

shortage in men they waited until more arrived. Waiting for these troops left Travis’s troops to fight alone, this lost the battle. A few days after “The Alamo”, Houston trapped Santa Ana and defeated the mexicans, and since they defeated them they received all of Texas. The two sides of this battle were Mexico and the Americans. Santa Ana was the leader of the Mexicans, and William Travis and Jim Bowie both controlled the Texans. Jim Bowie was sick at the time with pneumonia and had a major drinking disorder

“Remember the Alamo” The Alamo the battle where men fought and sacrificed their lives for Texas’s independence. The battle was between Texas and Mexico. Many people died at the Alamo infact nearly 257 Texans died and nearly 600 Mexicans died, 857 people died. Including people like Davy Crockett, James Bowie, William B. Travis, and William Dearduff. The Alamo went from February, 23 to March, 1836. The sun rose over the Alamo to reveal bloodied bodies and be left in a smokey ruins when the general

BATTLE OF THE AGUA DULCE CREEK AND SAN PATRICIO TEXAS 1836 Introduction On October 02, 1835 the first shots of the Texas Revolution were fired at Gonzales, (Texas) Mexico. It is now the city of Gonzales, Texas. The city is located southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The dispute was over a cannon that the Mexicans had given the citizens of Gonzales to defend their selves against the Indians who were raiding the settlers. The Mexican army was afraid that a rebellion was about to begin. They wanted to take

In the Alamo Davy Crockett got shot in the arm by one of Santa Anna's troops.Davy helped Texas gain Their independence.Davy Crockett was an important figure to Texas history because his early life,life accomplishments,and after life.Davy had a hard early life.He also had many life accomplishments. Davy Crockett was born on August 17, 1786.He had 8 siblings 3 sisters and 5 brothers.His mom and dad's names are John and Rebecca Crockett.Davy was enrolled to school at 13 and went for six months.He did

“The Haitian revolution was the most successful and symbolic revolution in the 1700’s and 1800’s century. Haitian Revolution began in 1791 and ended in 1804. This Revolution was the largest slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. Where slaves initiated the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending slavery and French control over the colony.” (Sutherland, 2007-2015) In this research paper, we will be touching on the brief history of Haiti. The role Toussaint L’Ouverture played

In The (2004) movie The Alamo we see the battle that led up to the defeat of Texan soldiers in their defense of the Alamo from the Mexican Army led by the Dictator Santa Anna. This film was in some ways very accurate but in other ways had great inaccuracies On February 23, 1836, The Mexican army arrived outside the Alamo and waged a siege on the Spanish mission. The Alamo was defended by a mixed group of Texians and Tejanos who fought and defended the Alamo against a force vastly larger than their

General Santa Anna, the Napoleon of the west experienced his Waterloo to the revengeful Texas cries of the "Remember the Alamo!” "Remember Goliad!” (McKeehan, n.d.). Santa Anna believed the Texans were demoralized following the Alamo and Goliad and victory would be easily attained. He divided his forces in a three-pronged attack to crush the Texan rebellion: one to capture the Texan Government in Galveston, a second to secure his logistics, and the third in pursuit of Sam Houston which he commanded

According to McDonald's biography, Mexico had received a new leader, General Lopez de Santa Ana. It would appear his efforts were to have complete power in Texas, and he would not stop until the Americans there were dealt with properly. After certain conflicts, according to McDonald, the Americans in the foreign land, including Travis,

perfect set up for any interpretation of media, it had two of America’s most memorable figures, the heroic and mythical Davy Crocket, and the fiercely loyal knife fighter Jim Bowie fighting against the forces of Mexico’s Tyrannical President General Santa Anna. Many forms of media have taken advantage of the fantastical setup of the fight to make movies and such, but some decided to look into the real history of the battle. Randy Roberts and James S. Olson did just that in their biography of

the Alamo, for his family back home, and most importantly, so that Texas would never forget the Alamo. When the general and his army spotted Santa Anna, he gave the order not to shoot but instead cried, “Remember the Alamo!” and charged the enemy head on. Houston took his revenge upon the Mexicans in this counter-attack. He took his force of 900 versus Santa Anna's 1400 and killed over 630 Mexicans with only nine Texan casualties in the entire charge. On that solemn day in 1836 Texas became a free

Mission San Antonio de Valero. In December 1835 a group of Texans captured the fort. But on February 23 a Mexican force with 4,000 men began the fight. The Texans only had around 200 men so they knew how this was going to end. Although they knew they would die they stayed there a fought for 13 days. Even though the Texans knew they would lose the still fought and they fought hard. The Mexican army lost somewhere between 600-1,600 men and 500 wounded. All Texans were killed. Santa Anna ordered

Throughout our lives, we were teached to think of Santa Anna as one who opposed Texas, and was therefore malicious. The truth is, his character was not exactly just that. Our whole lives, we have learned about Santa Anna in the American perspective, but if we look at him from a different point of view, he was a great leader of Mexico. Santa Anna’s characteristics are mainly rebellious, courageous, and at sometimes, contradicting. Santa Anna was a very rebellious being, from when he was a child until

not show very much of and demonized Santa Anna, and did not have a lot of Sam Houston. The Alamo was better about its portrayal of Mexicans; still demonized, but showed more of, Santa Anna; and included more about Sam Houston. Martyrs of the Alamo is the earliest surviving silent film to show the battle for the Alamo. In this version, the Texans are fighting against not only a threat to their land, as the Mexicans try to remove Texan settlers from San Antonio, but also a moral threat, as the Mexicans

Channel’s Texas Rising is a historical drama that follows the fight for Texas independence after the Battle of the Alamo and the rise of the Texas Rangers. It shows how General Sam Houston leads a group of Texas Rangers into a war against General Santa Anna. General Houston and the Rangers fight against insuperable odds to defeat the Mexicans and gain independence. The miniseries is enthralling to watch with compelling characters and an engaging storyline. However, Texas Rising is not historically

In Texas, Antonio López de Santa Anna is most notably known for defeating heroic men such as, James Bowie and Davy Crockett, in a thirteen day war, at the Alamo, a former french mission in 1836. What uninformed readers may not know is that Santa Anna ruled through eleven presidential terms, a combined total of twenty-two years. In this research paper, readers will be informed about the early life of Santa Anna, the wars he fought in, and his impact on Texas. Antonio López de Santa Anna was born in

These battles and skirmishes all showed that Texans were a force to be reckoned with, and that they weren’t going to surrender anytime soon. The capturing of San Antonio was a very big victory for the Texas, and it represents the approach stage of the Hero’s Journey because there were many victories starting to build up at this point, pointing towards a climactic battle. The climactic battle in this case not only

This person in history is, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna or Santa Anna for short. Santa Anna was born in Jalapa, Vera Cruz, on february 21, 1794, he was the son of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and Manuela Perez de Lebron. Santa Anna’s family belonged to the middle class. His father served as a sub delegate for the Spanish. After a limited schooling young Santa Anna worked for a merchant of Vera Cruz. In June 1810 he was appointed a cadet under the command of Joaquin de Arredondo. He spent five years

which happened from 23 February to 6 March 1836. After this battle, with only a few men to spare, General Sam Houston decided to retreat and replenish his Soldiers. During General Houston’s retreat, his army grew expediential. While General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s men were resting and refitting on 21 April 1836, General Houston and the Texas Militia decided to launch a surprise attack on the Mexican Army. The main attack lasted only approximately 18 minutes, the Texas militia overtook the Mexican