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2 days ago · "Surrender of Santa Anna" by William Henry Huddle shows the Mexican president and general surrendering to a wounded Sam Houston, battle of San Jacinto. Santa Anna had successfully escaped towards Vince's Bridge. Finding the bridge destroyed, he hid in the marsh and was captured the following day.
5 days ago · Santa Anna led his troops north to deal with the rebellious Mexican provinces of Zacatecas and Texas. The Zacatecas revolt was crushed, and Santa Anna then directed his forces towards Texas. The Battle of the Alamo ended with a Mexican victory on 6 March 1836.
2 days ago · San Antonio (/ ˌ s æ n æ n ˈ t oʊ n i oʊ / SAN an-TOH-nee-oh; Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million ...
1 day ago · When Santa Anna adopted a new constitution in 1836, and in the process eliminated all vestiges of states’ rights, Texas declared itself an independent republic. Santa Anna quickly gathered an army to crush the revolt.
2 days ago · Unrest throughout Mexico, including the territory of Texas, resulted in a coup by Antonio López de Santa Anna, who assumed the presidency in 1833. Texans, hopeful for relief from restrictive governmental measures, supported Santa Anna.
6 days ago · Breathtaking national and state parks shine a spotlight on some of the scenic spaces to explore in Texas. Discover natural splendor showcased at its finest near Santa Anna, TX.
2 days ago · Mexico - Porfirio Diaz, Revolution, Reforms: For 35 years, from 1876 until a political revolution unseated him in 1911, the personality of Porfirio Díaz dominated the history of his country. Like Juárez, Díaz was a poor Indian from Oaxaca, but he was of Mixtec rather than Zapotec heritage.
