USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1794-1876) is a colossal figure in Mexico’s history. Mexicans remember him as a “vendepatria” (sellout) who lost over half of their nation’s territory to the United States (1). They condemned him after he became a brutally repressive dictator in the 1850s (2).

Detailed explanation-2: -Starting around four o’clock in the afternoon, General Sam Houston and the Texas Army led a surprise charge and defeated Mexican President and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and his Army of Operations on April 21, 1836.

Detailed explanation-3: -He remained in and out of the Mexican limelight-sometimes in exile-until retiring in 1874 to write his memoirs in Mexico City. He died on June 21, 1876. While eccentric and arrogant (he fancied himself the “Napoleon of the West”, ) Santa Anna was nothing if not astute.