Convention of 1836

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The Convention of 1836 was the assembly of Texan delegates at Washington-on-the-Brazos that declared Texas independent from Mexico and drafted its founding constitution.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Convention of 1836 canonical 13
Washington-on-the-Brazos Convention 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional convention ⓘ
revolutionary assembly ⓘ
adjacentToEvent Battle of the Alamo ⓘ
Runaway Scrape ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Texas Independence Convention ⓘ
Washington-on-the-Brazos Convention ⓘ
linked to: Convention of 1836
appliesToTerritory Texas ⓘ
authorOfDeclaration George C. Childress NERFINISHED ⓘ
chairperson Richard Ellis ⓘ
conflict Texas Revolution ⓘ
country Republic of Texas ⓘ
countryBeforeEvent Mexico ⓘ
draftedBy George C. Childress NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate 1836-03-17 ⓘ
followedBy Government of the Republic of Texas ⓘ
election of interim officials of the Republic of Texas ⓘ
hasNumberOfDelegates 59 ⓘ
hasPart adoption of an interim government ⓘ
drafting of the Constitution of the Republic of Texas ⓘ
drafting of the Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
jurisdiction Texas ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect created the Republic of Texas as an independent nation ⓘ
locatedIn Mexican Texas ⓘ
linked to: Northeastern Mexico

Texas ⓘ
location Washington-on-the-Brazos ⓘ
mainSubject Texas Constitution of 1836 ⓘ
Texas independence ⓘ
linked to: Texas Revolution
organizedBy Texan delegates ⓘ
president Richard Ellis ⓘ
result Constitution of the Republic of Texas ⓘ
Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
establishment of an interim government of Texas ⓘ
formal separation of Texas from Mexico ⓘ
significance founding political assembly of the Republic of Texas ⓘ
significantEvent Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
significantFigure George C. Childress NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Collinsworth ⓘ
José Antonio Navarro ⓘ
linked to: José Navarro

José Francisco Ruiz ⓘ
Lorenzo de Zavala ⓘ
Richard Ellis ⓘ
Sam Houston ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson Rusk ⓘ
linked to: Thomas J. Rusk

William B. Travis ⓘ
startDate 1836-03-01 ⓘ
timePeriod Texas Revolution ⓘ
vicePresident Lorenzo de Zavala ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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

Texas Revolution → hasPart → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
Collin McKinney → participantIn → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
Convention of 1836 → alsoKnownAs → Washington-on-the-Brazos Convention ⓘ
linked to: Convention of 1836
Texas Declaration of Independence → adoptedBy → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
Washington-on-the-Brazos → significantEvent → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
Richard Ellis → participatedIn → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
James Power (Texas empresario) → memberOf → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
subject linked to: James Power
José Francisco Ruiz → participantIn → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
George Childress → memberOf → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
General Council of Texas → followedBy → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
General Council of Texas → dissolvedBy → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
Consultation of 1835 → followedBy → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
General Council → replacedBy → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
Washington County, Texas → hasHistoricEvent → Convention of 1836 ⓘ
subject linked to: Washington County