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Texas declares independence from Mexico
On this day in 1836, Texas became a republic. On March 1 delegates from the seventeen Mexican municipalities of Texas and the settlement of Pecan Point met at Washington-on-the-Brazos to consider independence from Mexico. George C. Childress presented a resolution calling for independence, and the chairman of the convention appointed Childress to head a committee of five to draft a declaration of independence. In the early morning hours of March 2, the convention voted unanimously to accept the resolution. After fifty-eight members signed the document, Texas became the Republic of Texas. The change remained to be demonstrated to Mexico.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- CONVENTION OF 1836
- REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
- CHILDRESS, GEORGE CAMPBELL
- TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- PECAN POINT, TX
- WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS, TX
- WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS STATE HISTORICAL PARK
- Links to other Web sites (will be opened in new browser window)
- Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Park
- Texas State Library & Archives Commission - Declaration of Independence of Texas, 1836
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
- Semicentennial of Texas Independence celebrated (1886)
- Fifth Military district created by the First Reconstruction Act (1867)
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