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1
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  1. Flown at battle of the Alamo to signify the invitation given to the Anglos to come an settle Texas.
A

1824- flag

2
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  1. He was reasonable for placing the cannons in key defensive position at the Alamo.
A

Almeron Dickerson

3
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  1. Mexican music that meant no prisoners would be taken, no mercy shown.
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El Dugello

4
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  1. Only Texas settlement that sent reinforcements to te Alamo.
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Gonzales

5
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  1. Named commander in chief of the Army of Texas, during the battle of the Alamo. He was in the east Texas making peace treaty with the Cherokee.
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Sam Houston

6
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  1. Leader of the Mexican forces marching through south Texas to Goliad.
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General Irrea

7
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  1. Leader of the volunteer forces at the Alamo. Became ill with typhoid pneumonia and spent most of the time in hospital barrecks.
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Col Jim Bowie

8
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  1. Rode from the Alamo on several occasions to ask for aid for the Alamo.
A

James Bonham

9
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  1. The date of the fall of the Alamo.
A

March 6, 1836

10
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  1. Tejano scout that led a group of Mexican to fight at the Alamo.
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Juan Sequin

11
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  1. He and his “Tennessee Boys” volunteered to take the weakest point at te Alamo.
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Davy Crockett

12
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  1. Wife of the Artillery officer at the Alamo. Most famous of the survivors, carried the message of the fall if the Alamo.
A

Susanna Dickerson

13
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  1. Leader of Texas forces at Goliad.
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Col. James Fannin

14
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  1. Leader if the Texas Army at the Alamo.
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Col. William B. Travis

15
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  1. Reported I have gone over the wall of te Alamo before te final siege. “The Alamo Deserter”
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Louis Dose

16
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  1. Given credit for writing the Texas Declaration of Independence.
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George C. Childress

17
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  1. Elected Ad interim Vice President of Texas. His experience in Mexico helping write the Mexican constitution of 1824 was of value I Texas.
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Lorenzo de Zavala

18
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  1. Site where Houston and Texans camped and drilled and trained to become an army.
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Croce’s Crossing

19
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  1. Statements of basic human rights the government cannot take away.
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Bill of Rights

20
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  1. 2 cannons that were given to the Texas army by citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Twin Sisters