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PhillipBrandon t1_ja3ichw wrote

Reply to comment by annheim3 in TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy

That's Gonzales.

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annheim3 t1_ja3isyi wrote

Yes.

The Battle of Gonzales centered on American colonists in that town who were refusing to give back a cannon (the one on the flag) back to Mexican soldiers that they had received in 1831 to fend off Natives in the area. They wanted it now to defend themselves from Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna's increasingly aggressive actions against the colonists.

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pizza_engineer t1_ja43myq wrote

Those pesky Natives, acting like they were fighting for their ancestral lands.

Tsk tsk.

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Montagnagrasso t1_ja5t1c6 wrote

Santa Anna’s aggressive…enforcement of the abolition of slavery in Mexico.

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