Texas Declaration of Independence

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declaration of independence founding document historical document

The Texas Declaration of Independence was the 1836 document in which Texan delegates formally broke from Mexico and proclaimed the establishment of the Republic of Texas.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Texas Declaration of Independence canonical 12
Birth of the Republic of Texas 1
Signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf declaration of independence ⓘ
founding document ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
accusesOfTyranny Antonio López de Santa Anna ⓘ
adoptedBy Convention of 1836 ⓘ
Texan delegates ⓘ
archives Texas State Library and Archives Commission ⓘ
surface form: Texas State Archives
author George Childress ⓘ
country Republic of Texas ⓘ
dateSigned 1836-03-02 ⓘ
declaresIndependenceFrom Mexico ⓘ
draftedBy George Childress ⓘ
followedBy Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836) ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Texas
hasPart formal declaration clause ⓘ
list of grievances ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
historicalPeriod Texas Revolution ⓘ
jurisdiction Texas ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect severed political ties with Mexico for Texas ⓘ
legalForm unilateral declaration ⓘ
legalStatus founding charter of the Republic of Texas ⓘ
locationOfOriginal Texas State Library and Archives Commission ⓘ
mentions centralization of power in Mexico City ⓘ
denial of the right to bear arms ⓘ
failure of Mexico to provide public education ⓘ
failure of Mexico to provide trial by jury ⓘ
modeledOn American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
surface form: United States Declaration of Independence
placeSigned Washington-on-the-Brazos ⓘ
politicalEntityCreated Republic of Texas ⓘ
presentDayLocation Washington County, Texas ⓘ
primaryAuthor George Childress ⓘ
region Texas ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of San Jacinto ⓘ
Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
resultedIn Texas Declaration of Independence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: establishment of the Republic of Texas
signedBy delegates of the Convention of 1836 ⓘ
signedByNumberOfDelegates 59 ⓘ
signedDuring Texas Revolution ⓘ
signedOnSameDayAs formation of an ad interim government of Texas ⓘ
statesGrievancesAgainst Antonio López de Santa Anna ⓘ
Government of Mexico ⓘ
subject natural rights ⓘ
republican government ⓘ
secession ⓘ
self-determination ⓘ
typeOfIndependence unilateral secession ⓘ
year 1836 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Texas Revolution → hasPart → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Texas Revolution → significantDocument → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Treaties of Velasco → relatedTo → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Collin McKinney → notableWork → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Collin McKinney → signatory → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Convention of 1836 → significantEvent → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Convention of 1836 → result → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Convention of 1836 → alsoKnownAs → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Independence Convention
Texas Declaration of Independence → resultedIn → Texas Declaration of Independence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: establishment of the Republic of Texas
Washington-on-the-Brazos → significantEvent → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Washington-on-the-Brazos → significantEvent → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birth of the Republic of Texas
Richard Ellis → signed → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) → commemoratedEvent → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Declaration of Independence (1836)
Thomas J. Rusk → notableWork → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Thomas J. Rusk → signed → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
José Francisco Ruiz → signatoryOf → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas → jurisdictionStartEvent → Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ