The Texas Revolution: Battle of Gonzales

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Published 2023-12-28
After the fall of New Spain, the Mexican government wanted to bolster the population of its northern regions to protect its inner core from marauding parties of hostile natives and American filibusters. To rectify the problem, the Mexican government invited men such as Stephen F Austin to bring in loyal colonists from the United States to lay down roots in the region known as Texas. However, unbeknownst to the government officials in Mexico City. This problem would backfire in their face. Seeing the wonderful land of Texas up for grabs, thousands more Americans flooded into the Mexican state and started eating up the land. The Mexican officials tried to stop this flood but to no avail. Fighting starts breaking out against the Texian colonists and Mexican soldiers for years on end. The bloodshed will only rise when a popular Mexican General named Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna takes the reins of government. Though popular initially, Santa Anna soon centralizes power and overturns the Constitution, sparking revolts throughout the country. Tired of having no voice in government and being regulated as a second-class region, the people of Texas rise up hoping to get what they want finally, their state. With the tension rising throughout the country, it will only take a small incident to explode the entire region into civil conflict. It might be something as small as a cannon…

Intro 0:00
Northern frontier 0:45
Austins colonize Texas 2:00
Fredonian Rebellion 5:50
Anahuac Disturbance of 1832 8:20
Conventions of 1832 & 1833 11:55
Santa Anna Centralizes Power 14:25
Federalist Revolts against Santa Anna 15:30
Anahuac Disturbance of 1835 16:05
Ugartechea demands the Gonzales Cannon 17:40
Battle of Gonzales 21:24
General Cos arrives in Texas 25:49

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Sources:

Texian Iliad - A Military History of the Texas Revolution by Stephen L. Hardin

Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign by Stephen L. Moore

Texas State Historical Association

Music from Filmstro

Script Writer - Saris

Map Maker - Saris

Historical Consultant - Josiah C.W. Neal

Background sounds - Cajun1862

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All Comments (21)
  • @WarhawkYT
    I hope all of yall had a wonderful Christmas, here is our late Christmas present to you all, enjoy! Make sure you like and subscribe as it will help us out a lot!
  • @jacobayers2391
    As a Texan this is truly Great stuff and I’m surprised nobody has ever did this style of video for the Texas revolution but now that some has finally done it’s gonna be a great watch.
  • IN THE NAME OF GONZALES!!! COME AND TAKE IT!!!!! WAAAAHHOOOOOOO!!!! Warhawk doing the Texas Revolution!! I love it!! Love your content!! And this is a most wonderful surprise!!
  • The best pronunciation of Spanish words I have seen in a long time for a non native speaker well done sir💪🏻🙌
  • @johngolden3714
    Excellent video with a lot of details that you don't usually see being mentioned. I haven't seen any videos that cover the Texas Revolution using the graphics you have. I'm glad to have found this channel. When I went to Gonzales I was astounded at what I saw. The gun was so small, and the museum staff said it didn't even work when the battle took place. Then I learned the gun on display is actually a second one they had. They abandoned it on the march to San Antonio. It was recovered in 1936 and is now back home where it belongs. The actual "Gonzales Cannon" was recovered after the fall of the Alamo, and recast into a bell that hangs in the belfry of St. Mark's Episcopal in San Antonio. It roared the call to revolution, and now it rings the call to worship. Poetic, I'd say.
  • @ryleheart3835
    Glad to see someone doing a series on the lead in to the Texas Revolution as well as the war itself. So much content only wants to cover the Alamo and San Jacinto without helping to give a better picture of how those events came to pass.
  • @charlessaint7926
    I've been to both Goliad, Gonzales, and the Alamo. The three sites are drastically different from each other. Goliad is much like it was in 1836. Still a functioning Catholic church, it's also an Bed and Breakfast. Plus they still do reenacting events at the sight. Including having the massacre at, or near, one of the slaughter fields. You're out in the country. It's quiet. Creepily quiet. The Gonzales cannon sits in a large memorial museum in the middle of a park. The town is less than 8,000 people. As for the Alamo, they still do reenactments on the site, but it's now surrounded by a major city. Just the chapel and first floor of the Long Barracks remain, plus a small piece of the southwest corner where the 18-pounder sat. All the other parts have been demolished and stores and a Post Office now sit on the site where hundreds of men died horribly. Fighting for what they thought to be right.
  • @adamhenrywalker
    Thank you for bringing more attention to my great state. Remember the Alamo!
  • @Texy_YT
    Fantastic video 🤠. Will you be covering other battles from the Texas Revolution?
  • @menin84
    This will be great! It is fascinating to me that the events here and elsewhere will lead to the war that foreshadows so many of the generals we've witnessed in the civil war. Personally, im also interested in seeing the performance of the Mexican army and comparing it with its forerunners during the same time period against the french.
  • @optimismize
    Can I get an Antitem video in my life??? Btw your videos are the standard by which I judge all other military history videos by.
  • @revview5594
    Really awesome work. Took my family to Gonzales this past summer, this video really paints the history well. Thank you.
  • @micahistory
    realy nice video, definitely one of my favourites on this channel. Also your quality now is insane
  • @user-xj7qf8ow9v
    Cannot not wait for the next parts to this. I have been interest in Texas Revolution scine I was a kid. keep them coming
  • @jameswalters8755
    Greetings from south Texas! Thank you for your great coverage of an important period of our history. JB
  • @carmichael3594
    I must say your efforts into these videos you make are amazing, and I absolutely a history nerd cannot wait to watch this one👍
  • @walterpatton9246
    Man I missed your videos. Glad you’re back! This one’s gonna be great.