MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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General Cos was once in charge there.
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Texans had surrendered in San Antonio.
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Mexican soldiers crossed the Rio Grande.
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He was furious that Texans had taken it.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Determined to crush the Texas rebels, Santa Anna took command of the Mexican army that invaded Texas in 1836. His forces successfully defeated the Texas rebels at the Alamo, and he personally ordered the execution of 400 Texan prisoners after the Battle of Goliad.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1836 Antonio López de Santa Anna marched into Texas to quell a rebellion primarily by U.S. settlers there. During this expedition, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -Santa Anna’s plan of attack was brutally simple. Ranks of infantry, en masse, would charge entrenched artillery protected by expert marksmen in strong defensive positions. It was a recipe for slaughter. Santa Anna would overwhelm the garrison by sheer numbers, whatever the cost in lives of his men.