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Antonio López de Santa Anna
1794-1876
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Above
General Antonio
López de Santa Anna
Oil on canvas,
painted by Carlos Paris, Museum of Mexico City.
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Antonio López de Santa Anna was the self-styled Napoleon
of the West.
He started out as a captain in the Spanish colonial army in
Mexico.
In 1821, he supported
Agustín de
Iturbide in the
War for Mexican Independence, and helped kicking the Spanish
out of the country.
Agustín de Iturbide then decided to be
Emperor of Mexico, as Agustin I. Antonio López de Santa Anna
turned against Iturbide and supported Iturbide's downfall in 1823.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna became president of Mexico in
1833.
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Santa Anna lost the State of Texas
during the
Texas
Revolution, which was fought 1835 and 1836.
He wiped
out
Davy Crockett,
William
B. Travis, and James Bowie at the
Siege of the Alamo, and was
himself defeated by
Sam Houston at
The Battle of San Jacinto.
In the
Pastry
War, which was fought 1838 and 1839, Santa Anna lost one of his
legs.
In the
Mexican-American War, which was fought 1846-1848, Antonio
López de Santa Anna lost California, Arizona, and New Mexico for his
country.
Totally out of character, Antonio López
de Santa Anna died poor.
See also
Governments of Mexico.
General Antonio Lopez
de Santa-Anna
From the book México a través de
los siglos, vol 4: México independiente (1821-1855)
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