armies of the alamo
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Armies of The Alamo. The Texans. Colonel William Travis Jim Bowie Davy Crockett 180-250 men 21 guns. Colonel William Travis, Jim Bowie & Davy Crockett. Crockett was American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. Travis was an American lawyer and soldier - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Armies of The Alamo
The Texans
• Colonel William Travis• Jim Bowie• Davy Crockett• 180-250 men• 21 guns
Colonel William Travis, Jim Bowie & Davy Crockett
• Crockett was American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician
• Bowie was a legendary figure in Texas history
• American pioneer, soldier, smuggler, slave trader, and land speculator
• Travis was an American lawyer and soldier
• He was a lieutenant colonel in the Texas Army
The Mexicans
• General Antonio López de Santa Anna • 6,000 men• 20 guns
General Antonio López de Santa Anna
• A Mexican political leader, general, and president
• Greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government
• Ruthless opponent by the Texans
The Battle
• Battle in the fight for the independence of Texas from Mexico
• Spanish troops occupied the abandoned building, calling it Alamo
• Almost 200 Texan volunteers occupied the Alamo• After unsuccessfully defending the Alamo for 13
days against an army of thousands of Mexican soldiers, the Texans were overcome and defeated
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/monuments/alamo/
• http://www.thealamo.org/battle/battle.php• http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/
articles/qea02• Google images