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In the early 1700’s, The Alamo was created by the viceroy of Spain, authorizing it to be a mission for the education and conversion to the Christianity for the local Native American people. There were a bunch of missions created along the San Antonio River at the time, with The Alamo being the first of the group. As the century ended, the mission started to fail, and by 1793, the mission had completely failed and was abandoned

In the mid–1830’s, the Texans were fighting for their independence from the Mexican control over their region. In late February of 1836, about 150-200 Texan rebels came to defend The Alamo from the almost 6,000 Mexican troops approaching. Over the 13-day siege, from February 23rd to March 6th, virtually all of the Texan rebels had been killed by the constant attacks from the Mexican Army. Even though the Texans eventually lost, the time they held off the Mexicans gave Sam Houston and the rest of the Texan Rebel Army time to prepare and get ready for the Battle at San Jacinto. The Texans would win this major battle and would then win the war shortly there after.

The building was later reconstructed from the ruin of the battle and later from many Civil War battles, in which the Confederate forces used the Alamo for a base. In the late 1800’s the state of Texas bought back the rights to the building, restoring the Alamo into a church. It is now in the hands of “The Daughters of the Republic of Texas” and is a National Landmark.

- Sam T

For more information, you may want to visit: [|A Chronological History of the Alamo] or [|Details of the Battle of the Alamo]