USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Remembering how badly the Texans had been defeated at the Alamo, on April 21, 1836, Houston’s army won a quick battle against the Mexican forces at San Jacinto and gained independence for Texas. Soon after, Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Texas Revolution, also called War of Texas Independence, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas’s independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas (1836–45).

Detailed explanation-3: -The most immediate cause of the Texas Revolution was the refusal of many Texas, both Anglo and Mexican, to accept the governmental changes mandated by “Siete Leyes” which placed almost total power in the hands of the Mexican national government and Santa Anna.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Texas Revolution resulted in the independence of Texas from Mexico and the establishment of the Republic of Texas. On April 21, 1836, the Texan army defeated Santa Anna’s forces at the Battle of San Jacinto and won independence. The Republic of Texas governed until 1845 when Texas was annexed by the United States.