Juan Seguin Research Paper
Juan Seguin was born in San Antonio on October 27th, 1806. Seguin was the eldest of the two sons. He didn’t have a lot of formal learning but was encouraged by his father, Juan Jose Maria Erasmo Seguin, who was a political ally of Stephen F. Austin. When Juan grew older, he helped his mother run his father’s post office while he and other people served in Congress from 1823-1824. Three years later on December 1828, Seguin was selected as alderman which had shown great potential. He served on different electoral boards until he was elected alcalde, also known as mayor in Spanish, on December of 1833. Juan Seguin’s military career officially began in 1835 when he responded to a federalist state governor’s call for support against the
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Then began the Battle of San Jacinto, where Juan Seguin and his crew, along with Sam Houston, Jim Bowie, and other soldiers, defeated Santa Anna and his crewmates. When they had done that they made him go back across the Rio Grande back to his hometown, which was Juan Seguin’s hometown also. In 1840, he was elected the mayor of San Antonio again and became embroiled in tensions that were becoming worse between the Tejanos and the Texans that spoke English. In 1842, Juan Seguin helped stop a Mexican incursion against San Antonio. However, in an attempt to discredit Juan Seguin, a Mexican soldier claimed that he was still a loyal Mexican citizen to Santa Anna and the cause. Because of this statement, people of Texas used it as an excuse to prove his disloyalty to Texas, along with the fact that he had business correspondences with Mexico. He was kicked out of Texas and with nowhere to go but home, he went to Nuevo Laredo in Mexico. When he arrived home, he was treated with hostility. The authorities found Juan Seguin and told him he could either fight for the Mexicans or got to jail and get extended imprisonment. Juan Seguin fought for them in the Mexican War from 1846 to 1848. After the war was over, he was allowed to return to the United States so he went to Texas where he had fought in the Alamo and in the Battle of San
Then began the Battle of San Jacinto, where Juan Seguin and his crew, along with Sam Houston, Jim Bowie, and other soldiers, defeated Santa Anna and his crewmates. When they had done that they made him go back across the Rio Grande back to his hometown, which was Juan Seguin’s hometown also. In 1840, he was elected the mayor of San Antonio again and became embroiled in tensions that were becoming worse between the Tejanos and the Texans that spoke English. In 1842, Juan Seguin helped stop a Mexican incursion against San Antonio. However, in an attempt to discredit Juan Seguin, a Mexican soldier claimed that he was still a loyal Mexican citizen to Santa Anna and the cause. Because of this statement, people of Texas used it as an excuse to prove his disloyalty to Texas, along with the fact that he had business correspondences with Mexico. He was kicked out of Texas and with nowhere to go but home, he went to Nuevo Laredo in Mexico. When he arrived home, he was treated with hostility. The authorities found Juan Seguin and told him he could either fight for the Mexicans or got to jail and get extended imprisonment. Juan Seguin fought for them in the Mexican War from 1846 to 1848. After the war was over, he was allowed to return to the United States so he went to Texas where he had fought in the Alamo and in the Battle of San