I AM STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

HOW IT ALL STARTED

• My father's dream was to start a U.S. Colony, he died trying to fulfill that
• Then I took over
• I made an agreement with Mexican officials
• Then I got 300 families to come

THE PEOPLE

• Of the people that came some were American and some were tejanos
• Tejanos are Texans of Mexican descent
• The Tejanos and the Americans had many complaints, and some were about each other
• Because of the complaints about each other, Mexican officials closed off immigration
• That caused even more complaints, so I went to go talk to the Mexican officials

JAIL

• After I asked the Mexican officials to reopen up immigration again
• Then General Santa Anna threw me in jail

THE ALAMO

• I was trying to get reinforcements from the U.S.A. When this battle started
• General Santa Anna had 6,000 troops vs. the 180 Texan volunteers
• The battle lasted for 12 days in San Antonio
• Then Santa Anna ordered his troops to attack
• That lasted for 90 minutes, every Texan died

SAM HOUSTON

• Sam Houston was the commander of the Texas revolutionary army
• General Santa Anna and his troops pushed on
• Sam Houston lured them eastward
• That strategy made it harder for Santa Anna to supply his army

SURPRISE ATTACK

• Santa Anna's troops were up all night expecting an attack at night
• When no attack came, they were very tired and relaxed
• Later that afternoon, Sam Houston led a surprise attack
• They defeated Santa Anna and his troops

TEXAS

• The Texas War for Independence was won
• Texas remained independent for 10 years
• Then in 1845 Texas was annexed to the U.S.A.

CITATIONS

• My American History Book
• Nettrekker