By Lisbet Olalde

Early Life

EARLY LIFE

 Physical Characteristics – young- tall, skinny, black hair, Adult- tall, skinny, mustache, and blackish grey hair. Old short, black hair, almost bald, no mustache.

ADULTHOOD  Wife - Inés Garcia, Dolores de Tosta  Children - Guadalupe, Maria del Carmen, Manuel, and Antonio  Military Career - Santa Anna joined the colonial Spanish Army under Joaquin de Arredondo. Santa Anna served in Texas against the Gutiérrez- Magee expedition, and at the Battle of Medina, in which he was cited for bravery. He was promoted quickly; he became a second lieutenant in February 1812, and first lieutenant before the end of that year. In 1816, Santa Anna was promoted to captain.

ROLE DURING TEXAS REVOLUTION  The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was an armed conflict between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican state Coahuila y Tejas. The war lasted from October 2, 1835 to April 21, However, a war at sea between Mexico and Texas would continue into the 1840s.  Animosity between the Mexican government and the settlers in Texas, including many settlers of Mexican ancestry, began with the Siete Leyes of 1835, when Mexican President and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna abolished the federal Constitution of 1824 and proclaimed the more centralizing 1835 constitution in its place. The new laws were unpopular throughout Mexico, leading to secession movements and violence in several Mexican states.  War began in Texas on October 2, 1835, with the Battle of Gonzales. Early Texian Army successes at La Bahia and San Antonio were soon met with crushing defeat at the same locations a few months later. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto where General Sam Houston led the Texan Army to victory over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas in 1836.

FINAL YEARS  When & where died? - died in Mexico City on June 21,  How died? - In 1874 he took advantage of a general amnesty and returned to Mexico. Crippled and almost blind from cataracts, he was ignored by the Mexican government at the anniversary of the Battle of Churubusco. Two years later, Santa Anna died in Mexico City on 21 June 1876.

FINAL YEARS  Why important? - Santa Anna was important to Texas history because he was a leader of the Mexican army and gave Texas to America in trade for his life.