The Mexican War: Remember the Alamo

About this episode

This episode introduces the Mexican War series, starting with the Louisiana Purchase and leading into the Texas Revolution and the Alamo.

This is the first episode in a long series over the Mexican War from 1846 to 1848. I begin the series where it all started: The Louisiana Purchase. I talk about the filibusterers such as Nolan, Long, and others. I then tell the story of Austin and his Old Three Hundred before marching headlong into the beginning of the Texas Revolution with Sam Houston and William Barret Travis. I end the episode with the assault on the Alamo.

People in this episode

Host: Thomas Wayne Riley

Topics covered

• Mexican War
• Texas Revolution
• Alamo
• filibusterers
• historical events
• American history

Keywords

• Mexican War
• Texas Revolution
• Alamo
• Louisiana Purchase
• Sam Houston
• William Barret Travis
• filibusterers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Louisiana Purchase

Places: Alamo

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