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Convention of 1836 breaks up in a hurry
On this day in 1836, the Convention of 1836 adjourned in haste as the
Mexican army approached Washington-on-the-Brazos. The convention, which
met on March 1, drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution of the Republic of Texas, organized the ad interim
government, and named Sam Houston commander-in-chief of the republic's
military forces before the delegates evacuated Washington-on-the-Brazos.
Their hurried departure was part of the so-called Runaway Scrape, in
which Texans fled the advancing troops of Antonio López de Santa Anna.
Richmond was evacuated about April 1, and Houston's subsequent retreat
toward the Sabine left all of the settlements between the Colorado and
the Brazos unprotected. The settlers in that area at once began making
their way toward Louisiana or Galveston Island. The section of East
Texas around Nacogdoches and San Augustine was abandoned a little prior
to April 13. The flight was marked by lack of preparation and by panic
caused by fear both of the Mexican Army and of the Indians. The flight
continued until news came of the victory in the battle of San Jacinto.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- CONVENTION OF 1836
- TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
- AD INTERIM GOVERNMENT
- HOUSTON, SAMUEL
- RUNAWAY SCRAPE
- TEXAS REVOLUTION
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