Travis’ letter had an immense and immediate effect. Responding to the letter, 32 men arrived from Gonzales on March 1, 1836. Word of his letter spread quickly, first to New Orleans then onward to Boston and New York City. Yet with the Alamo located hundreds of miles from the U.S. border and a month from Washington, D.C., distance and terrain prevented most volunteers from arriving before the Alamo fell on March 6.
A fan of dramatic writing, Travis understood the power of words. He addressed his letter to “All Americans in the world” specifically to inflame their patriotic passions and rally them to his cause and that of Texas. In so doing, he transformed the Texas Revolution into an American fight for liberty against tyranny.
In Texas, many of the volunteers stirred by Travis’ letter formed the core of the army Sam Houston led to victory over Santa Anna on April 21, 1836. With his defeat, the Republic of Texas was born and a chain of events began that led to the Mexican War a decade later. U.S. victory in that war brought the American Southwest into the nation. Consequently, Travis’ letter shaped the destiny of America and the world.
Hmph.. The French Revolution had many lasting results... They established the Code of Napoleon, which made the legal system fairer to the French regardless of wealth or religion, and it had a greater impact<span> on the lives of peasants as opposed to other reforms by ineffective leaders..
Love, grace..-
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The correct answer is B) Building railroads in western territories.
Irish and Chinese immigrants are best remembered for performing the following type of labor during the late nineteenth century: "Building railroads in western territories."
At the end of teh 1800s, these two groups of immigrants -Chinese and Irish- found cheap jobs working for the two railroad companies that were constructing the famous Transcontinental Railroad that was going to connect the Easters states of the United States with the Pacific states.
Yes, the Transcontinental Railroad was constructed by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific, as part of the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862.
The Transcontinental Railroad was inaugurated on May 10, 1869, in the city of Promontory Utah.
