Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Texas won it's independence from Mexico via war and the name of the President of Mexico during the fight for independence was Santa Anna. He told his soldiers to take all the weapons from the Texans. When the Mexican soldiers tried to take the cannon at Gonzales the Texans hung a sign on the cannon that said, "Come and Take It!" You can still see that today in Texas on T-shirts, bumper stickers, coffee mugs, and other items. During the Battle of the Alamo the Texans had 20