The road to conflict
Inside the siege
The final battle
Making of the myth
YOUR GOAL
Master of The Alamo myth and reality
steve President Antonio López de Santa Anna centralized Mexican power, sparking rebellions across multiple Mexican states.
steve Texas settlers clashed with the Mexican government over Mexico's laws abolishing slavery.
Mexican Texas population: By 1835, English-speaking American settlers outnumbered native Mexican Tejanos in Texas by nearly ten to one, creating massive cultural and political friction.
The state of being a slave, where one person is legally owned by another. Anglo settlers resisted Mexico’s 1829 abolition of the practice, fueling tensions that led to the 1835 rebellion.
What was the name of the 1824 document that Texas rebels originally fought to restore?
What is the historical term for native Mexican Texans who lived in Texas before American colonization?
What crop did American settlers primarily want to grow using enslaved labor in Texas?
In which other Mexican state did a major armed rebellion against Santa Anna occur in 1835?
Which American empresario negotiated the original land grants with Mexico in the 1820s?