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Chapter 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vincente Filisola | An Italian working for the Mexican army/ he talked santa anna out of going back to Mexico |
| Juan Almonte | Santa Anna's friend and advisor/ after the battle he identified Santa Anna for the Texans |
| Juan Sequin | A Tejano, who helped the Texans at the battle |
| Dilue Rose (Harris) | wrote a diary about the "runaway scrape" |
| Jared Groce | He let Houston train his army for two weeks on his plantation |
| David G. Burnett | president of Texas during the war |
| Mirabeau Lamar | was given command of the Texas Calvary because of his bravery |
| Martin Perfecto de Cos | Santa Anna's brother-in-law who arrived at San Havinto on teh day of the battle with 600 more soldiers |
| George Hockley | commanded the twin sisters |
| Edward Burleson | commanded the infantry on the left of the twin sisters |
| Henry Millard | commanded the infantry on the right of the twin siters |
| Sidney Sherman | Commanded the infantry on the far left flank |
| Lamar | his calvary was sent to cut off the Mexican's escape |
| Jose Antonio Menchaca | one of the Tejano leaders at the battle |
| General Edmund P. Gains | U.S. army commander in Louisianna |
| Caro | Santa Anna's secretary (butler) |
| Dick the Drummer | him and three fife players played "will you come to the bower?"(LOVE SONG) going into battle |
| San Jacinto | site of the battle on April 21, 1836 |
| Goliad | place where Fannin and his men were killed on Palm Sunday |
| The Alamo | place where Crockett, Travis, and Bowie were killed |
| Harrisburg | the Texas government fled from Harrisburg to New Washington to Galveston Island to get away from Santa Anna |
| Buffalo Bayou | a swamp at San Jacinto |
| Vince's Bayou | the Mexican army tried to flee to the bridge at Vince's Bayou to escape |
| Sabine River | the boundary between Louisianna and Texas |
| Runaway Scrape | when the Texans were fleeing eastward to get away from Santa Anna |
| Invincible | The ship that Santa Anna was a prisoner on |
| Twin Sisters | two cannons given to the Texans by Cincinnati |
| Private Treaties of Valasco | Texas Independance, Release Santa Anna, Boundary is the Rio Grande |
| Public Treaties of Valasco | Santa Anna promised never to fight again, All mexican forces would leave Texas, Exchange prisoners |