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Facts about The Alamo. By Bria Hill. The Battle of the Alamo took place on February 23 – March 6, 1836. http://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads/2009/04/alamobattle.jpg . The Alamo was a Spanish mission that was originally called Mission San Antonio de Valero. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Facts about The AlamoBy Bria Hill
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The Battle of the Alamo took place on February 23
– March 6, 1836
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The Alamo was a Spanish mission that was originally called Mission San Antonio de Valero.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/1854_Alamo.jpg/300px-1854_Alamo.jpg
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The Battle of the Alamo was a battle between the Texans and the Mexicans.
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The Mexicans basically forced the Texans out of their land.
http://www.greatmilitarybattles.com/%3A/Users/User/Desktop/GREAT%20MILITARY%20BATTLES/Battle_of_the_Alamo.jpg
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Most of the Texans ended up surrendering to Mexican forces, however, even the Texans who surrendered were still killed.
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/resources/images/survivors.jpg
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Santa Anna was the leader of the Mexican army against the Texans.
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People started building the church, ‘The Long Barrack’ in 1744 however, the walls tragically fell and were destroyed about 12 years later.
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After the battle, the Mexicans managed to keep their territory for a couple of months. (March – May 1836)
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/history/archaeology/images/fig2.jpg
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The Mexicans were victorious in this battle and
won against the Texans.
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The Alamo hasn’t always been where it is now, it actually started off near the headwaters of San Pedro Creek.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/SanPedroCreek2007.jpg/250px-SanPedroCreek2007.jpg