Question one

The Alamo was home to Revolutionaries and Royalists during ten years. The original name was Mission San Antonio de Valero. The Alamo served as home to the missionaries San Antonio and the Alamo played a critical role in Texas Revolution. The Texians and Tejanos prepared to defend the Alamo together.The defenders held out for 13 days against Santa Anna's army.The cannon at Gonzales remained, smaller military units surrendered and then retired to Mexico, and Bexar finally gave way after a two-month siege. When Martin Perfecto de Cos and his men retreated from Bexar in December 1835, Texas had eliminated the last of the Mexican garrisons.