Although nearly everyone at the Alamo was killed or captured, Texas achieved independence when Sam Houston won an unlikely victory at the Battle of San Jacinto the following month.
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Many know the famous names of James Bowie, William B.Travis, and David Crockett as men who died defending the Alamo, but there were about 200 others there during the Battle.
Mexicans had overthrown the Spanish and wanted to prove they were capable of running all the territory they had won from Spain. Mexico also feared a domino effect—that giving up Texas would lead to the loss of their other northern territories.
As history, The Alamo looks accurate, and, indeed, we find that San Antonio de Béxar was carefully re-created with little sparing of expense (the film cost $95 million to make) and with the able assistance of the Alamo historian and curator, Richard Bruce Winders, and Stephen L.
But his career was far from over. He fought the French in 1838, losing a leg in battle, and led the Mexican army to defeat in the U.S.-Mexican War. He remained in and out of the Mexican limelight — sometimes in exile — until retiring in 1874 to write his memoirs in Mexico City. He died on June 21, 1876.
Summary. Colonized in the eighteenth century by the Spanish, the Republic of Texas declared its independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836. The Republic of Texas was not recognized by the United States until a year later in 1837.
Antonio López de Santa Anna ordered the defenders' bodies burned on three large pyres near the mission, according to the official Alamo website. One defender, Gregorio Esparza, was granted a traditional burial because his brother was granted permission to retrieve his body.