FREE ESSAY ON TEXAS REVOLUTION ESSAY

TEXAS REVOLUTION ESSAY

Have you ever done something solely to build or save your pride? In the Texas Revolution a
strong and proud general named Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna tightened control over Texas
in order to repopulate Texas with Mexicans, since the dominating race had become non-
Mexicans. This war started out as small isolated clashes, but eventually broke out into
full-scale rebellion. In order to end these frequent revolts, Santa Anna led his several
thousand Mexican troops into the rebel-controlled San Antonio in February of 1836. The
187 Texas rebels fought off Santa Anna's repeated attacks, but on March 6, the Mexican
troops finally overran the fort. Santa Anna's troops, who suffered over 1,500 casualties,
paid a large price for their victory. Not to mention that 6 weeks later the Texas army
came back killing over 630 Mexicans within 20 minutes and taking their only general,
Santa Anna as prisoner.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna strongly believed that the percentage of Mexicans should be
the dominant population. When he found out that the non-Mexicans highly out numbered the
Mexicans, he rushed to tighten the control, and close the borders over Texas. He tried to
do everything in his power to stop the Texans from earning their independence and
becoming a non-Mexican dominated state.
The Texans strongly desired their independence and freedom from the Mexicans. This left
them only one choice, to be persistent. They didn't let one loss pull them down, they
came back for a surprise attack on the Mexicans, leading them to their both their freedom
and independence.
I believe that General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna started the Texas Revolution 
solely to gain power over the Texans and build his own pride. To take thousands of
Mexican troops into a war and have more than 1,850 casualties; over a war that could have
been stopped or resolved at the beginning when the first isolated attacks began! This
shows me that there obviously was an immense pride issue, with both Santa Anna and the
Texans. 
In conclusion, The Mexicans started and won the first battle, dominating the war.
Although, the Texans came back 6 weeks later to redeem themselves and take home both
their freedom and independence from the Mexicans.