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Annotated by:
Denise Burke
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The Alamo Movie
http://www.virtualtexan.com/comm/virtual/history/txmovie/alamo2.htm
Use the web sites to find the answers to the following questions: Who Am I? 1. I was the commander at the Alamo, but it was my letters from the Alamo that ensured that I would go down in history. 2. The Bowie knife as well as my death (on a cot?) in the Alamo have made me famous. 3. I could have been an officer at the Alamo, but I preferred to be one of the boys dying for a cause I believed in. 4. I ordered James Bowie to destroy the Alamo so that Texans could fight Santa Anna somewhere else where we could have the advantage. 5. I was the famous Mexican general who lay siege to the Alamo and after 13 days laid waste to it. 6. I was a Mexican fighting with the Texans against the dictator Santa Anna. I went to Gonzales seeking help for the freedom fighters at the Alamo. 7. I left the Alamo twice to get help but to no avail. I went back to the Alamo knowing that I would die there. 8. I was the commander of the Texas troops at Goliad who started toward the Alamo to help the freedom fighters, but I turned back and returned to Goliad. Can You Find the Answer? 9. What did Santa Anna's red flag mean? 10. For what were the men in the Alamo really fighting or so they believed? A.Constitution of 1824 B.Texas Independence 11. What was El Deguello? 12. On what day did the Mexican troops storm the Alamo? 13. How long did the Battle of the Alamo last? 14. What was the famous battle cry that came out of the massacre at the Alamo?
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The Alamo
http://members.tripod.com/aries46/alamo.htm
Use the web sites to find the answers to the following questions: Who Am I? 1. I was the commander at the Alamo, but it was my letters from the Alamo that ensured that I would go down in history. 2. The Bowie knife as well as my death (on a cot?) in the Alamo have made me famous. 3. I could have been an officer at the Alamo, but I preferred to be one of the boys dying for a cause I believed in. 4. I ordered James Bowie to destroy the Alamo so that Texans could fight Santa Anna somewhere else where we could have the advantage. 5. I was the famous Mexican general who lay siege to the Alamo and after 13 days laid waste to it. 6. I was a Mexican fighting with the Texans against the dictator Santa Anna. I went to Gonzales seeking help for the freedom fighters at the Alamo. 7. I left the Alamo twice to get help but to no avail. I went back to the Alamo knowing that I would die there. 8. I was the commander of the Texas troops at Goliad who started toward the Alamo to help the freedom fighters, but I turned back and returned to Goliad. Can You Find the Answer? 9. What did Santa Anna's red flag mean? 10. For what were the men in the Alamo really fighting or so they believed? A.Constitution of 1824 B.Texas Independence 11. What was El Deguello? 12. On what day did the Mexican troops storm the Alamo? 13. How long did the Battle of the Alamo last? 14. What was the famous battle cry that came out of the massacre at the Alamo?
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