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The People of the Battle of Gonzales
Go to this QR code’s location and read about the Battle of
Gonzales.
1. What weapons and supplies were involved in the battle?
2. Who was involved in this battle? List specific people.
3. How did Native Americans play a part in the battle?
4. Write down any unexplainable or interesting things
occurring during the battle.
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Geography of the Battle of Gonzales
Go to this QR code’s location and click on some of the
historical markers outside of the city of Gonzales. Use the
information from the location of historical markers to fill in
your sheet.
5. Describe the geography of Gonzales. Be specific.
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The Events of the Battle of Gonzales
Go to this QR code’s location and find the following below to
help you fill out your sheet
6. What caused the battle to happen here?
7. What happened during the battle?
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The Background of the Battle of Gonzales
Take a look at the pictures and the cannon. Read through
the events that happened and use it to answer the questions
on your sheet.
8. Explain why each of these dates is significant to the battle
of Gonzales:
1831:
September 25, 1835:
October 2, 1835:
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Interesting Things of the Battle of
Gonzales
Take this QR codes location and read about the flag of the
battle of Gonzales.
9. Why was the cannon given to the Texans in the first
place? Why did they refuse to hand it over to the Mexican
army?
10. What is the story behind the “Come and Take it” flag of
Gonzales?
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The People of the Battle of Goliad
Go to this QR code’s location and find letters or journals
written by the people at the Battle and get some of their
information for your battle analysis. Make sure you notice if
it is a Mexican soldier or an Anglo Texas citizen.
11. What is the primary source account describing and
whose perspective is it? (Texans or Mexican) How do
you know?
12.What did the solider recall were some of the last
words of the men being killed?
13.Why was this eyewitness able to survive this event?
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Geography of the Battle of Goliad
Go to this QR code’s location and look at the map.
14. How might the geography of this area contributed to
a Texas defeat?
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The Fort at Goliad
15. What did Fort Defiance used to be known as?
16. What are some things that might have aided the
Texans inside this fort?
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Interesting Things of the Battle of Goliad
Read the section titled “massacre” and “rescue.”
17. How was Mr. Boyle’s life spared?
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What happened at the Battle of Goliad?
Read through this source and see if you can figure out
what happened at Goliad.
18.Describe the sequence of events that occurred during
the Battle of Goliad.
19.What were General Fannin’s mistakes according to
the reading?
20.Why did most of the Texans agree to surrender?
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The People of the Alamo
Go to this QR code’s location and read about the people at
the battle.
21.How many defenders of the Alamo were actually born in
Texas? Why do you think this is?
22.Choose two of the defenders from the list. Describe their
lives.
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Weather/Geography of the Alamo
Go to this QR code’s location and observe the weather
conditions during the Battle of the Alamo.
24.For the most part, what were the weather conditions like
during the Battle of the Alamo? How might this have
contributed to the outcome of the battle?
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The
Primary Sources- Battle of the Alamo
Go to this QR code’s location and find the following below to
help you fill out your sheet.
23.What is the intent of Travis’s letter? What does he hope
will happen?
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Interesting Myths in the Battle of the
Alamo
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help you fill out your sheet.
25.What are some myths relating to the battle of the
Alamo? How are they false? Discuss at least three.
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Map of the Alamo
Take this QR codes location and observe the map of the
Alamo.
26. Click on the close up image of the map of the Alamo.
What did the Alamo include?
27. In your opinion, how did the architecture of the
building or the surrounding geography contribute to
what happened at the Alamo?
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The Runaway Scrape
Take this QR codes location and read about the Runaway
Scrape.
28. What was the Runaway Scrape?
29. What event marked the beginning of the Runaway
Scrape?
30. What conditions made the scrape even more difficult
for the Texas settlers?
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Primary Source Account of the Runaway
Scrape
Take this QR codes location and read this primary source
account from a slave during the runaway scrape. ** Read
only Mr. Parson’s section**
31. Who were most of the people in the Runaway Scrape
according to Mr. Parsons? How did they react on the
journey?
32. What did people do to protect their belongings from the
Mexican Army?