Why did texians stay to defend the alamo

Colonel James Bowie and lieutenant William b colonel Travis prepared to defend that Alamo, from the Mexicans who where trying to take it back. 

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.