MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Question
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Davy Crockett
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William B. Travis
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Sam Houston
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James Bowie
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Detailed explanation-1: -Travis wrote the letter on Feb. 24, 1836 as a plea for help when the Alamo’s defenders were surrounded by several thousand Mexican troops; it’s now been 177 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Battle of the Alamo was an important event in the Texas Revolution and American History because it rallied the rest of Texas to fight against the Mexican army eventually leading to a victory over Santa Ana at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Detailed explanation-3: -(1809–36). In the famous Battle of the Alamo, a Texan force fighting for independence from Mexico held off a much-larger Mexican army for nearly two weeks. The commander of the Texans was William Barret Travis. He died along with his men defending the old Spanish mission-fort in San Antonio, Texas, known as the Alamo.