rich history. If you have ever visited or lived there, you know of the immense pride Texans have for their state. I have lived in Texas the majority of my life and can attest to this feeling of pride towards “The Lone Star State”. The Battle of the Alamo, which took place in present day San Antonio, is the most famous battle in Texas' fight for independence. The battle is a long-recognized representation of bravery in the face of death. Although the battle only lasted an hour and a half, it was the
On March 6, 1836 The Battle of the Alamo was fought. It was a war between the defiant Texans and the Mexican army. The Texans wanted to be independent from Mexico. However the Mexican army wanted to preserve its hold over Texas. The Mexicans wanted to make an example out of the Texans, to show them the dangers of rebellion. The Mexican ruler Antonio López de Santa believed that he should own the Texas land. Antonio Lopez then used a centralist government and even demanded that all of Texas listens
The Battle of the Alamo was more than the name simply implies. It was more than a battle between two opposing forces during the Texas Revolution. It was a battle of competing political issues between the Mexican government and the interests of the United States of America. The significance of the Battle of the Alamo is difficult to understand, without describing the triggering events. The prelude of the Battle of the Alamo will help those unfamiliar with this pivotal event, understand how everything
to such a ferocious act? Well before that day the father of “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” (the two atomic bombs detonated at Hiroshima and Nagasaki) was the “Gadget”, which was birthed from the first nuclear weapon detonation The Trinity Project. This paper will discuss the accounts of the initial nuclear testing that birthed the subsequent nuclear weapon, the magnitude of the explosion, the politics that went into the decision to support this project,