THE BATTLE OF GONZALES
OCTOBER 2,1835
OCTOBER 2,1835
Santa Anna's dissolution of the Constitution of 1824 moved Mexico from a federated Republic to a dictatorship.
In March of 1835, the Centralist party passed an act ordering the people of the states be disarmed. Up until this point, the Texans had remained loyal to Mexico and had elected not to become embroiled in the"quarrels of the Republic".
HOWEVER, once the Texans understood troops were being sent to compel their submission to despotism, they joined the native citizens of the northern states of Mexico in their resistance to tyranny.
Ben Milam wrote from prison in Lampasas, Coahuila, on July 5, 1835, "The hopes of the Republican party here are all on Texas. The people of Texas will never submit to a Dictator."
The Texans proved Ben Milam's characterization to be true.
In March of 1835, the Centralist party passed an act ordering the people of the states be disarmed. Up until this point, the Texans had remained loyal to Mexico and had elected not to become embroiled in the"quarrels of the Republic".
HOWEVER, once the Texans understood troops were being sent to compel their submission to despotism, they joined the native citizens of the northern states of Mexico in their resistance to tyranny.
Ben Milam wrote from prison in Lampasas, Coahuila, on July 5, 1835, "The hopes of the Republican party here are all on Texas. The people of Texas will never submit to a Dictator."
The Texans proved Ben Milam's characterization to be true.
IMAGERY
THE CANON
The canon was abandoned and buried following the battle, deemed useless. Unearthed from it's 101 year old grave by a flood in 1936, the canon is now on display at the Gonzales Memorial Museum.