Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A COSATU organised protest in Cape Town calling for an end to state capture and for the prosecution of those involved in the administration of President Jacob Zuma. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU or Cosatu) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main ...
The Texas Revolution began October 2, 1835 with the Battle of Gonzales.The following month, previously elected delegates convened in a body known as the Consultation.These delegates served as a temporary governing body for Texas, as they struggled with the question of whether Texans were fighting for independence from Mexico or the reimplementation of the Mexican Constitution of 1824, which ...
The San Jacinto Monument is a memorial to the men who died during the Texas Revolution. Although no new fighting techniques were introduced during the Texas Revolution, [317] casualty figures were quite unusual for the time. Generally, in 19th-century warfare, the number of wounded outnumbered those killed by a factor of two or three.
As the only remaining garrison on the Texas coast, Fort Lipantitlán was a vital link between the Mexican interior and Béxar, the political center of Texas which housed Cos and the only other force of Mexican troops in Texas. [6] Captain Philip Dimmitt assumed command of the Texians at Presidio La Bahía. [7]
A map of Mexico, 1835–46, showing administrative divisions. The Runaway Scrape events took place mainly between September 1835 and April 1836 and were the evacuations by Texas residents fleeing the Mexican Army of Operations during the Texas Revolution, from the Battle of the Alamo through the decisive Battle of San Jacinto.
The Republic of Texas had formed in 1836, after breaking away from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. The following year, an ambassador from Texas approached the United States about the possibility of becoming an American state. Fearing a war with Mexico, which did not recognize Texas independence, the United States declined the offer. [1]
This is a timeline of the Texas Revolution, spanning the time from the earliest independence movements of the area of Texas, over the declaration of independence from Spain, up to the secession of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. The first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired at the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. This marked the ...
By October 20 the Texians—led by Stephen F. Austin, the first empresario to bring English-speaking settlers to Texas [Note 1] —had reached Salado Creek and initiated a siege of Béxar. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] To keep the Texians from examining Mexican defensive measures, Mexican troops attempted to restrict access to and from the city.