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As the ashes of the Alamo continued to smolder, Sam Houston feared another disaster could befall his Texas Army. Mexican forces under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna continued to sweep across Texas toward Fort Defiance, the presidio in Goliad that had been seized by the rebels in October 1835 at the onset of the war for independence. Houston ordered Colonel James W. Fannin to evacuate his 400-man force from Goliad and retreat to Victoria, a town 30 miles to the east behind the natural defense of the Guadalupe River. “The immediate advance of the enemy may be confidently expected,” Houston warned Fannin. “Prompt movements are therefore highly important.”
He urged blacks to accept discrimination for the time being and concentrate on elevating themselves through hard work and material prosperity.
The United States had started a war without provocation from another country. is the answer that is correct, but depending on what state you live in they might want <span>The economy was not strong enough to support a war in the Middle East to be the answer</span>
Articles of Confederation<span> (1781) This was the first governing document of the United States of America.</span>
