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I wanted to pick the Alamo because of its beautiful art in it,it tells a story of the history it has had with the battle
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The Misson

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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THE ALAMO

  • The Alamo is an 18th-century mission church in San Antonio, Texas
  • It was originally built to be the church for the Mission San Antonio de Valero,
  • which was founded in 1718.
  • The church was built by Spanish Franciscan friars in order to convert the local Indians to Christianity.
  • Reserch:http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/monuments/alamo/
I wanted to pick the Alamo because of its beautiful art in it,it tells a story of the history it has had with the battle
Photo by Scott McLeod
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THE BATTLE

  • The Alamo was the scene of a pivotal battle in the fight for the independence of Texas from Mexico.
  • In the early 1800s, Texas belonged to Mexico.
  • During the Texas war for independence from Mexico,
  • Spanish troops occupied the abandoned building, now used as a fortress, calling it Alamo
  • The word álamo is Spanish for cottonwood (a type of tree that grows in the area
Photo by Texas.713
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WILLIAM B TRAVIS

  • William B. Travis, the commander of the Alamo sent forth couriers carrying pleas for help to communities in Texas.
  • On the eighth day of the siege, a band of 32 volunteers from Gonzales arrived, bringing the number of defenders to nearly two hundred.
  • Legend holds that with the possibility of additional help fading
  • Colonel Travis drew a line on the ground and asked any man willing to stay and fight to step over — all except one did
Photo by Texas State Library and Archives Commission
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Early History of the Alamo

  • Spanish settlers built the Mission San Antonio de Valero,
  • named for St. Anthony of Padua, on the banks of the San Antonio River around 1718.
  • They also established the nearby military garrison of San Antonio de Béxar,
  • which soon became the center of a settlement known as San Fernando de Béxar (later renamed San Antonio).
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  • which soon became the center of a settlement known as San Fernando de Béxar
  • a former Franciscan mission located near the present-day city of San Antonio.
  • On February 23, 1836, a Mexican force numbering in the thousands and led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began a siege of the fort.
  • Though vastly outnumbered,
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http://www.thealamo.org/education/fun-facts.html

  • The Alamo began as the San Antonio de Valero, a Spanish Mission,
  • , in the early 1700’s, one of the first in Texas.
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