8 Interesting Facts About The Battle of the Alamo

Part of the Texas Revolution between 1835 and 1836, the Battle of the Alamo is an event that most people have heard about at some point in their lives.

However, how many people do you know who could tell you something interesting about this battle?

Probably not very many!

If you don’t have anything conversation-worthy about the Alamo, it might be time you read up on some interesting facts.

The fighting all started after The Mexican War of Independence (1810-2821).

After the war, Texas officially became part of Mexico.

Not many people were living there, which meant that many American immigrants decided to move to Texas.

When the number of immigrants began to outweigh the Mexicans, a conflict began.

When a centralist system was put in place by the Mexican Government, the authorities blamed the immigrants, and thus the battle began.

The name of the battle started with The Alamo Mission.

The Alamo Mission was a mission founded in 1718 in the San Antonio area of Texas and was designed to educate the Native Americans.

The name “alamo” is the Spanish word for “cottonwood,” as there was an area full of cottonwood trees near to the Alamo Mission.

As a result, the battle which took place here was aptly named “The Battle of the Alamo.”

The Battle of Alamo site is now the number one tourist site in Texas.

The battle also resulted in more people knowing about the area as the site of the battle, rather than the mission which had been founded over 100 years prior.

As well as being Texas’ number one tourist site, it’s also among the most popular tourist sites in the United States.