2. • 1st battle of the Texas
Revolution
• Nickname is “The
Lexington of Texas”
because of the
similarities between
this battle and the first
battle of the American
Revolution
•Texans WON!!!

3. • A week after Gonzales, Texans take the Presidio at Goliad
• They realize they may actually be able to beat the huge Mexican Army
• They decide to go to San Antonio– the biggest town in TX with the
most soldiers
The Mission at
Goliad

4. The Army of the People’s March to
San Antonio (Late Oct., 1835)
• Everybody goes back to Gonzales to organize
• Stephen F. Austin and other leaders gather a bunch of Texans (American
and Tejano) to march to San Antonio
• They start their march and call their group the “Army of the People”
• Texans have about 400 soldiers when they get to SA
• General Cos has about 750 soldiers in SA

5. The Siege of San Antonio
• A siege is where one army is inside a fort or city and the
other army tries to block all supplies and people from
getting in or out
• Mexicans were inside the Alamo and the Texans
surrounded them
• It started in on Oct. 29 and lasted FOREVER!! (At least
that’s what the Texan volunteers started to think)
General Cos and Mexican
soldiers in the Alamo

6. • Remember? They had called for this meeting at the end of Ch. 8
• 58 delegates from 14 towns meet
• Write a “Declaration”… NOT of independence… it just tries to explain their
actions to MX
• they are loyal citizens of Mexico
• they would support the Constitution of 1824
• fighting only to defend themselves from Santa Anna
• ask all Mexican citizens to fight for a democracy (SA was a dictator)

7. The Grass Fight: Nov. 26, 1835
• There had been very little military activity in Oct. and Nov. because sieges
were BORING
• A TX scout named “Deaf” Smith heard that the MX Army had some cavalry
and mule train headed to San Antonio
• Some of the Texans, thinking it has silver for Cos’ soldiers ATTACK!!!
• It ends up to be just grass for their horses!
• This is the final straw… the siege is called off and the Texans start packing to
go home

8. San Felipe
Consultation
of 1835
1835
The Battle of Gonzales
The Battle at Goliad
March of the Army of the People
Siege of Bexar
Consultation of 1835
The Grass Fight
Battle of San Antonio
Cos surrenders and returns to Mexico