MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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negotiation
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massacre
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strategic battle plans
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fair treatment of prisoners
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Detailed explanation-1: -Antonio López de Santa Anna, a military and political leader who served as president eleven times during the course of his remarkable career, was the central figure in Mexican public life during the second quarter of the nineteenth century.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the biggest factor in Santa Anna’s army defeating the Texan defenders? He had 4000 troops with him. What is the best possible explanation for why the first ghosts seen were “flaming spirits” with their bodies on fire?
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the greatest helps to the Texan cause was Santa Anna, the Mexican president, who provided the cause for revolution, stirred up the Texans’ anger and zeal, and caused the Texans to win the final battle at San Jacinto.
Detailed explanation-4: -On April 21, 1836, during Texas’ war for independence from Mexico, the Texas militia under Sam Houston (1793-1863) launched a surprise attack against the forces of Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1794-1876) at the Battle of San Jacinto, near present-day Houston, Texas.