cis 100 assignment december 2, 2011

1. Walking in the Footsteps of Heroes

2. Texas Revolution

 OCTOBER 2, 1835 –
APRIL 21, 1836
 TEXAS
DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE
 GONZALES
 CONCEPTION
 THE ALAMO
 SAN JACINTO

3. Antonio Lopes De Santa Anna

• PRESIDENT OF
MEXICO
• GENERAL OF
MEXICAN FORCES
• LEAD AN ARMY OF
2400
• GAVE NO QUARTER
TO DEFENDERS

4. The Heroes of the Alamo
Davey Crockett, Jim Bowie and William Travis

5. Davey Crockett

• BORN 1786
• TENNESSEE
• AMERICAN FOLK
HERO
• FRONTIERSMAN
• SOLDIER
• POLITICIAN

6. James “Jim” Bowie

• BORN 1796
• AMERICAN PIONEER
• SLAVE TRADER
• LAND SPECULATOR
• KNOWN FOR HIS
PROWESS WITH A
KNIFE
• BOWIE KNIFE

7. Lt. Col. William Travis

• Born 1809
• From South Carolina
• American lawyer
• Texas Army Soldier
• Died at the Battle of the
Alamo at age 26

8. The Battle


9. 13 Day Siege

• FEB. 23 – MAR. 6, 1836 • 2400 MEXICAN TROOPS
• TRAVIS WROTE • 260 TEXIAN DEFENDERS
MULTIPLE LETTERS,
FEWER THAN 100 • 257 TEXIANS DEAD
REINFORCEMENTS • 400-600 MEXICANS
ARRIVED
KILLED OR WOUNDED
• MEXICAN ARMY
ADVANCES ON THE
ALAMO
• UNABLE TO DEFEND OFF
THIRD ATTACK
• TEXIANS WITHDREW TO
INTERIOR BUILDINGS

10. “Remember The Alamo”

• BY 6:30 AM THE BATTLE
ENDED
• SURVIVORS WERE
ORDERED TO BE KILLED
• MEXICAN SOLDIERS
CONTINUED SHOOTING
BODIES UNTIL RETREAT
WAS SOUNDED; KILLED
MANY OF EACH OTHER
IN THE CONFUSION
• SANTA ANA WAS LATER
DEFEATED AT SAN
JACINTO
The battle has been depicted in many songs
and movies