The document summarizes key events of the Texas War of Independence from Mexico between October 1835 to April 1836. It describes three major battles: the Battle of the Alamo in March 1836 where Texan forces were defeated by Santa Anna's Mexican army; the Goliad Massacre later that month where most of Fannin's Texan army was killed upon surrender; and the decisive Battle of San Jacinto in April 1836 where Sam Houston's Texan army defeated Santa Anna's forces and gained independence for Texas.