USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As the delegates worked, they received regular reports on the ongoing siege on the Alamo by the forces of Santa Anna’s troops. A free and independent Republic of Texas was officially declared March 2, 1836.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Battle of San Jacinto On April 21, 1836, the Texan Army under Sam Houston attacked Santa Anna’s army on the banks of the San Jacinto River with cries of “Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! God and Texas!” The battle lasted only 18 minutes and was a resounding victory for the Texans.

Detailed explanation-5: -A free and independent Republic of Texas was officially declared March 2, 1836, when the 59 delegates–each representing one of the settlements in Texas–approved the Texas Declaration of Independence.