The Declaration of Independence of Texas was the official declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the 1836 Convention in Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and was formally signed the following day after errors were recorded in the text.
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In October 1835, settlers in Texas Mexico launched the Texas Revolution.
However, in Austin, many are struggling to understand what the ultimate goal of the Revolution is. Some believe that the goal should be total independence from Mexico, while others seek reimplementation of the Mexican Constitution of 1824 (which offers greater freedom than the central government declared in Mexico the year before). To solve this problem, a convention was called for March 1836.
This Convention is different from the previous Texas councils 1832, 1833, and 1835 Consultations. Many of the delegates to the 1836 convention were young men who had just arrived in Texas from the United States, breaking the April 1830 immigration ban, although many of them had participated in one of the battles in 1835. The only two native Texans known to be signed are Jose Francisco Ruiz and Jose Antonio Navarro. Most of the delegates were members of the War Party and insisted that Texas should declare its independence from Mexico. Forty-one delegates arrived in Washington-on-the-Brazos on 28 February.
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The convention was held on 1 March with Richard Ellis as president. Delegates elect five committees to draft a declaration of independence; The committee is headed by George Childress and also includes Edward Conrad, James Gaines, Bailey Hardeman, and Collin McKinney. The committee submitted the draft within just 24 hours, prominent historians to speculate that Childress had written many things before his arrival at the Convention.
The declaration was approved on March 2 without any debate. Based largely on the writings of John Locke and Thomas Jefferson, the declaration states that the Mexican government "ceases to protect the lives, freedoms, and property of the people, from whom their legitimate power comes" and complains about "arbitrary acts of oppression". and tyranny. "Throughout this declaration many references to United States law, rights and customs are omitted from the declaration is the fact that authors and many signatories are occupying Texas illegally, and therefore have no legal right in the Mexican government. it makes clear that these people are familiar with the laws and privileges of the United States, and are unfamiliar with the languages, religions, and traditions of the nation that they revolt.
The declaration formally established the Republic of Texas.
Among others, the declaration mentions the following reasons for the separation:
- The Mexican Constitution of 1824 that established a federal republic has been seized and transformed into a centralized military dictatorship by General Antonio LÃÆ'³pez de Santa Anna.
- The Mexican government invites settlers to Texas and promises constitutional freedoms and republican rule, but then denies this guarantee. (It does not mention that many settlers, including authors and signatories, are in fact uninvited, illegal raiders.)
- Texas is united with the Mexican state of Coahuila as Coahuila y Tejas, with the capital of the distant Saltillo, and thus the affairs of Texas are decided at a great distance from the province and in Spanish, called by immigrants "unknown tongues".
- The political rights that previous settlers have been accustomed to in the United States, such as the right to defend and bear arms and the right to be tried by a jury, are denied.
- No public education system is established.
- The attempts by the Mexican government to impose tariffs on imports are called "pirate attacks" by "desperate foreigners".
- The settlers are not allowed religious freedom. All legal settlers are required to convert to Catholicism.
Under the United States Declaration of Independence, the Texas Declaration also contains many unforgettable expressions of American political principles:
- " the right of trial by the jury, that palladium is civil liberties, and is only a secure guarantee of life, liberty, and property of citizens.
- " our weapons... are vital to our defense, free property rights, and only tough for tyrannical rule. "
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