Entertaining Speech Outline
Title
Speaker’s Name: Colton Spillers
Central Idea (Main Goal): Tribute to Davy Crockett
INTRODUCTION
Attention Grabber: The Alamo was considered Texas’s Thermopylae, in a last stand for Texas’s
independence.
(Transition) Davy Crockett was the hero who fought at the Alamo.
BODY
 First Major Point: Davy Crockett was a frontiersman who became a folk hero
 Born and raised in Tennessee
 Hunter & Fisherman
 Volunteered in the Indian wars from 1813-1815
 After his return, his wife, Polly, gave birth to their third child, but Polly
passed away later that summer
 Married Elizabeth Patton who was a widow with two children
(Transition)Davy Crockett went from a frontiersman to a politician.
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Second Major Point: Crockett’s accomplishments in the Government
1821, Crockett was elected into the Tennessee Legislature
Reelected in 1823, and defeated in 1825
In 1827, Entered the U.S. House of Representatives
In 1829, reelected in the U.S. House of Representatives
In 1831, Crockett was defeated
In 1833, Crockett was reelected in the House of Representatives
(Transition)Crockett lost his election in 1835, so he traveled to Texas in search for a better
political career.
 Third Major Point: Crockett’s death at the Alamo
 Crockett joined the soldiers at the Alamo
 March 6, 1836 The Mexican army led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna sieged
the Alamo for 13 days
 The fort was taken over and Crockett died
 Some believe he was the last man standing swinging his rifle, and others say he was
executed with a small group of soldiers at the end
(Transition)This heroic act made him a popular figure to the people of America
CONCLUSION
Clincher: Davy Crockett was a hero to the citizens all around, and is remembered still today
SOURCES CITED
Lofaro, Michael. "David "Davy" Crockett." The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
The Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998. Web. 10 Nov. 2014
"Davy Crockett." History Net: Where History Comes Alive. Weider History, 2014. Web. 10
Nov. 2014.
Lofaro, Michael. "David Crockett (1786-1836) -- Biography." David Crockett (1786-1836) -Biography. The Second Flying Company of Alamo De Parras, 2005. Web. 09 Nov. 2014.
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