from my home to traveling across a hot bumpy open prairie. The battle of San Jacinto: Birthplace of Texas liberty! San Jacinto‚ one of the world’s decisive battles! San Jacinto‚ where‚ with cries of "remember the Alamo‚ remember Goliad!" Sam Houston and his ragged band of 910 pioneers routed Santa Anna‚ President and Dictator of Mexico and self-styled "Napoleon of the West‚" with his proud army‚ and changed the map of North America! Texas was added to the United States! The Goliad massacre:
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Sam Houston was a great man in our history. He stood up for what he believed was good for the Union not the North or the South. When Sam was rebuked for providing the winning margin for his opponents he said "I know neither North nor South; I know only the Union." He also said everyone " must stand firm to the Union‚ regardless of all personal consequences." He was fiercely ambitious‚ yet at the end he sacrificed for principle all he had ever won or wanted. He was a Southerner‚ and yet he steadfastly
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Texas is Sam Houston‚ Commander of the Texas army‚ during the fight for Texas independence from Mexico. Sam Houston was a very important political figure and the first elected president of the Republic of Texas in 1836. Born on March 2‚ 1793‚ Virginia‚ he lived with eight siblings‚ mother‚ and war veteran father who died when houston was at the age of fourteen. Soon they moved to eastern Tennessee where for a while he worked at a general store‚ but he aspired to be so much more. In 1809 Houston left
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The Battle of the Alamo I want my audience to learn more about the Battle of the Alamo of 1836. The Battle of the Alamo was a very important event in American history‚ and in the Texas Revolution. Intro: There were many battles that were very important in the Texas Revolution‚ but none of them were as important as the Alamo. The Alamo is a story of men laying down their lives against great odds to defend their country‚ and will remain in our history book’s forever. Transition: First I want
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A Journey Through Texas Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca De Vaca and his three countrymen wandered for months through Texas as they journeyed toward the Spanish settlement in Mexico City. In the course of his travels‚ de Vaca healed a Native American by performing the first recorded surgery in Texas. His resulting fame attracted so many followers that de Vaca noted in his journal that “the number of our companions became so large that we could no longer control them.” As they continued traveling westward
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sections. In the first section I will present some events of Samuel Adams’ life as described in two encyclopedia articles‚ A1 and A2. The second part of the paper will describe certain aspects of Samuel Adams’ life as read in chapters 2 and 3 of the biography entitled Samuel Adams; Father of the American Revolution by Mark Puls. Samuel Adams was born on September 27‚ 1722 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He grew up in a strong‚ moral and intellectual family who had a strong belief in the church and valued
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Sam Walton: A Biography America ’s richest man‚ Sam Walton‚ was not always rich. Growing up during the depression‚ he struggled to help his family then‚ not knowing he would one day own a multi-billion dollar business‚ and then struggle to help the poorest of America becoming one of the top philanthropists in the United States. Also seen as a great leader‚ not everyone agrees on the "greatness" of the man who laid the foundation of some of the most significant management concepts used today in
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As it turns out‚ Austin bomber Mark Anthony Conditt left a 25-minute recorded confession for Austin Police on his cell phone after he blew himself up with the seventh device earlier this week in Texas. In the video‚ the serial bomber describes the all the explosives he used throughout his bombing spree. In total‚ Conditt used seven bombs‚ including the one he used to blow himself up as police surrounded him. Strangely enough‚ the recorded message from Conditt did not include any hate-filled statements
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defeated Sam started falling back to settle a camp to surprise attack the Mexicans because Sam Houston and his soldiers were hidden so well. And of all of these Texas heros I think that Sam Houston is the most heroic and brave hero of Texas during the 1800’s for defending and fighting to get Texas independence from Mexico just like Mexico had fought to be independent from Spain (which has nothing to do with Sam Houston but is an interesting fact).
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Sam houston and santa anna‚ but mainly Sam Houston Santa Anna might be looked at like an evil menace in Texas‚ but in Mexico Santa Anna is looked at like a hero. Santa Anna was also the head of the government on 11 different occasions. He also had the nickname “Napoleon of the West”.The choices made by Sam Houston‚ Santa Anna‚ David Crockett‚ James Bowie‚ and William B. Travis‚ determined who would win this war. Sam Houston was born on March 2‚ 1793 near Lexington‚ Virginia. From 1813 to 1814
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