Historians gather to recount the historical significance and events of the Alamo.

The Alamo was the site and symbol for Texan Independence. This clip provides a brief history in to the events that occurred at the Alamo.

When Mexican forces arrived in Gonzales, they found the militia armed with firearms the cannon and a banner that read come and take it. Significantly outnumbered the solduers were routed with one shot of the cannon one shot that won the battle. One shot that started the revolution.

As the dust settled on Mexico the threat of filibustering persisted and so the new government under the presidency of Guadalupe, Victoria. He sought to address the issue with general colonization law of 1824.The Empresario system that sought to turn American filibusters into mexican citizens. Empresarios on the behalf of thr Mexican goverment would be recruited to sell Texan land to immigrants at low prices and the empresario themselves were paid in land

Mexico required their citizens to speak spanish, convert to catholism and banned slavery. However, Texans ignored the Mexican laws and set the stage for Texan independence.