Posted: 3/23/2014 4:41:10 PM EDT
We're watching the Smithsonian channel's, Texas From the Air show and they were discussing the San Jacinto monument after the Alamo. A question that I have had my whole life, one that I didn't ask of my college Texas History professor , is, "Why didn't they execute Santa Anna for Goliad and the Alamo?"Has there ever been any scholarly study on this question?
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Long story short, there were other Mexican military forces in Texas besides the forces at San Jacinto. Houston spared his life and released him after he signed a treary with the hope he would return to Mexico City and convince the Mexicans to give up on reclaiming Texas and recall the rest of their forces.
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Because Sam Houston was smarter than you and knew that executing the president of Mexico when trying to secede from said country would have been a really bad move. If you let him live you can force him to sign a treaty (as they did) and help secure Texas independence.
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