THE CONVENTIONMillieLily

RichardBrayden

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CALL FOR A CONVENTIONAnother disagreement with the governmentProposed by the delegatesWas held in springConvention was set on Mar. 1, 1836

Independence Hall 1836

CALL FOR CONVENTIONGovernor Smith tried to dissuade the councilThe council caused him to not be governor anymore

Lieutenant James Robinson was now the head of state but left for home

Texas had no governor during Feb. 1836

Lieutenant James Robinson

STARTING A NEW REPUBLIC

Santa Anna and his large army march into Texas

59 delegates began arriving at Washington-on-the-Brazos

The Convention was the fourth of its kind

Santa Anna

STARTING A NEW REPUBLIC1832-1833- appealed to the Mexican government

1835- sought support from other Mexican states

Delegates were determined to split from Mexico at the fourth meeting

All delegates came from all over the world including northern and southern US, England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, etc.

DECLARING INDEPENDENCEGeorge Childress was named chairmen and was declaration’s sole author

March 2- Texas Declaration of Independence presented and became Texas Independence Day

After the declaration, the convention wanted to write a constitution for new republic

DECLARING INDEPENDENCEMarch 16: The constitution was completed and approved

The delegates formed an ad-intern government

Sam Houston was elected as the commander-in-chief of Texas military

Sam Houston