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