Why did the victory at San Jacinto end the war (and other Texas History questions)?
The victory of San Jacinto ended that war simply because the Mexican leader, General Santa Anna, was captured and became quite willing to grant independence to Texas in exchange for his life. All of these other questions are too involved to answer here. We would have to write many pages. Just a suggestion – you could separate these questions and people would answer them piecemeal. This seems overwhelming all together. Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836 lasted only about 20 minutes and ended by 5 PM, so it was not fought at night. Colonel James Fannin and ~ 400 men died in fighting near Goliad. After surrendering, over 300 surviving, unarmed Texans were massacred by Mexican soldiers – – the morning of Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836 – – as ordered by Colonel Portilla. Col. Fannin was the last to be murdered. The bodies were stacked and burned. Fannin was not at the Alamo. Crockett, Bowie, and Travis did die at the Alamo. What they have in common is that all four died for Texas
