TXST 2370 / HIST 3310: Survey of Texas History

The First Texas Troubles L21
10 Topics | 1 Quiz
El Ejercito Mexicano: The Cavalry
El Ejercito Mexicano: The Infantry
The Comanche Rampage, L21
Sam Houston, a Force of Nature L21
Sam Houston, American Hero L21
Sam Houston, Gone to Texas L21
Viva Santa Anna! L21
Juan Davis Bradburn, Obnoxious American at Fort Anahuac
The Battle of Velasco
Mexico on the Brink, L21
Texas Troubles L21 Quiz
Calm Before the Storm L22
7 Topics | 1 Quiz
Map of Texas, 1835
Friends and Foes, L22
Tricky in Texas, L22
Peace or War, L22
Austin goes to Mexico, L22
Austin Gets Manhandled, L22
The Tejano Conundrum L22
Calm Before the Storm Quiz 22
Santa Anna's Dictatorship L23
6 Topics | 1 Quiz
The Things They Carried
Santa Anna’s Mexico: The Dictatorship
A Dictator Rises, L23
Valentín Gómez Farías, The Pure Federalist
The Federalists Rebel, L23
The Texians get their Guns, L23
Santa Anna's Dictatorship Quiz 23
Texas Revolution 1835 L24
9 Topics | 1 Quiz
Ben and Jim
Cos…and Effect
On the Banks of the Guadalupe
Come and Take It!
The Battles for Bexar
Stephen F. Austin, a Changed Man . . .
General José Antonio Mexía and the Tampico Expedition
Texas Revolution, 1835
The Siege of Béxar
Texas Revolution Quiz 24
Matamoros, Alamo, Goliad L25
15 Topics | 1 Quiz
The San Antonio River Line
Fort Defiance
Fannin Loses His Nerve
Santa Anna’s invasion of Texas with his centralist army began a series of disasters for the Texian forces.
James C. Neil, Forgotten Hero of Texas
The San Antonio River Line Begins to Crumble
The Ejercito Mexicano, 1836
The Battle of the Alamo
The Alamo Assault
The Disaster at Coleto Creek
The Goliad Massacre
The Federalist and Centralist Civil War
Austin’s Map
The American Volunteers
The Texians Stand Down
Matamoros, Alamo, Goliad Lesson 25
San Jacinto Campaign L26
12 Topics | 1 Quiz
Ridding Texas of Perfidious Foreigners
The Runaway Scrape
The Fork in the Road
The Armies of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto
The Fateful Afternoon
Peace at Gunpoint
Show them the Exits
Texas Forms a Government
Sam Houston Forms an Army
The San Jacinto Campaign
Santa Anna’s Daliance
San Jacinto Campaign L26 Quiz
Texas, Mexico, and the Comanches L27
7 Topics | 1 Quiz
Poor Mexico
The Comanches on the Texas Frontier
Texas and the Comanches
Independent Texas: Now What?
The Buffalo, Slave, and Horse Business
Setting up the Republic of Texas
Mexico Distracted
Texas, Mexico, Comanches Quiz 27
The Indian Wars of the Republic of Texas L28
6 Topics | 1 Quiz
The Texas Rangers vs. the Comanches
Comanche Landmarks
M. B. Lamar, the Council House Fight, and the Linnville Raid
The Texas-Comanche War
The Fate of the East Texas Indians
The Texas Cherokees
Texas-Comanche War Quiz 28
The Texas-Mexican War L29
9 Topics | 1 Quiz
The Border War
The Last Days of the Republic of Texas
The Troubles Between New Mexico and Texas
The Disputed Border
The Voyages of the Texas Navies
The Lone Star Afloat
The Republic of Yucatán and the Republic of Texas: Allies
The Texas-Mexican War
Texas Mercenaries
Texas Mexico War Quiz 29
Annexation and U.S.–Mexican War L30
8 Topics | 1 Quiz
The US Eyes Mexico
The Mexican War
Friction between the US and Texas
The Lands Texas Gave Up
The Annexation of Texas
The Shape of Texas
The Annexation Vote
Texas and the US-Mexican War
Annexation and War in the North Quiz 30
Slavery and Texas L31
9 Topics | 1 Quiz
Slavery Fades in the North
Slavery Thrives in the South
Texas, an Empire for Slavery
Southerners Head West
Slavery by the Numbers
The Peculiar Institution
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Slave Auction Posting
The Expansion of Slavery
Slavery and Texas Quiz 31
End of The Comanche Empire L32
6 Topics | 1 Quiz
Death by Buffalo and Horses
Overwhelming Numbers
The Zenith of the Comanche Empire
The Warning Signs
Disasters
The Collapse
End of the Comanche Empire Quiz 32
The Texas Indian Frontier L33
6 Topics | 1 Quiz
Robert Simpson Neighbors
Revealing the Mystery
The US Army Arrives on the Texas Frontier
View of Fort Worth, 1849
The Second Line of Forts
The Northwest Texas Indian Reservations
The Texas Indian Frontier Quiz 33
Texas in the 1850s L34
8 Topics | 1 Quiz
Immigrants in Texas
Indianola
Making Money in Texas in the 1850s
Texas Gets Connected
Texas becomes a Southern State
The Cotton Kingdom
Slave Population Density
Life in Texas during the 1850s
Texas in the 1850s Quiz 34
Texas in the American Civil War L35
13 Topics | 1 Quiz
The Secession Vote
The Opening Guns
The Battle of Galveston
Texas Battlefields
The Fight for the Trans-Mississippi
Go Where the Fighting was Fiercest
Camp Ford
Johnathan B. Craig
Texas Monuments
What is at Stake in the Election of 1860?
Tom Green, Texan Anti-Revolutionary
Secession
Why Leave?
Civil War and Texas’ Role Quiz 35
Texas Caused the Civil War, and Won! L36
2 Topics | 1 Quiz
How Texas Won the Civil War
Our Honor, Our Rights
Texas Causing Civil War Quiz 36
Reconstruction L37
8 Topics | 1 Quiz
Congress Takes Over Reconstruction
Edmund J. Davis
Norris Wright Cuney
Freedmen’s Bureau Offices in Texas
Lincoln and the Question of Reconstruction
Cullen M. Baker
Reconstruction in Texas
The Men Who Burned Brenham
Reconstruction Quiz 37
Texas Looks to its Future L38
6 Topics | 1 Quiz
Galveston, Gateway to Texas
Famous Texas Feuds
The Failure of Reconstruction in Texas
The Comanche Revival
Captives
Bringing Order to Texas
Tamping Down Texas Quiz 38
The Army Returns to Texas L39
11 Topics | 1 Quiz
Policing the Frontier
The 9th US Cavalry
The 24th US Infantry
The 25th US Infantry
Ambush at Salt Creek Prairie
The 10th US Cavalry
Kiowas vs. Mexicans
Reoccupying the Texas Frontier
The United States Army after the American Civil War
The Third Line of Forts
The 4th United States Cavalry
Army Returns to Texas Quiz 39
The End of an Era L40
9 Topics | 1 Quiz
The Buffalo War
The Frontier Army
The Final Indian Campaigns in Texas
A New Map of Texas
A Blast from the Past
Ranald McKenzie: The Frontier Enforcer
Colonel McKenzie’s Campaigns
The Kickapoos and the Remolino Raid
Northwest Texas
The End of An Era Quiz 40
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Matamoros, Alamo, Goliad L25

TXST 2370 / HIST 3310: Survey of Texas History Matamoros, Alamo, Goliad L25
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Matamoros, Alamo, Goliad L25

In the 25th Lesson of Texas History, you will learn about Mexican secession movements, Battles of Bexar, Battle of Alamo, fate of Fannin’s Army at Goliad, and the details of the resolution at the Battle of the Alamo.

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Learning Objectives for Lesson 25

  • Learn about Mexican succession movements
  • Determine the importance of the Battle of Béxar
  • Identify the ways in which Santa Anna dealt with Texas’ resistance
  • Learn about the size of Texas’ military force
  • Learn the commanders of the Mexican-Texian campaign and their strategies
  • Identify the major players of this time period such as James Fannin and James C. Neil
  • Learn Texas strategy to defend the San Antonio river line
  • Identify the condition of Mexican solders during the conflict
  • Explore Santa Anna’s plan to besiege the Alamo
  • Learn the details of the resolution at the Battle of the Alamo

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