1. Declaration of independence and the convention of 1836
Who?
Sam Houston
George Campbell Childress
Richard Ellis
59 delegates

2. Declaration of independence and the convention of 1836
When?
March 1
1836

3. Declaration of independence and the convention of 1836
Where?
Washington-on-the-Brazos

4. Declaration of independence and the convention of 1836
Why?
Texans realized that if they were going to achieve change, they must establish a common goal, Independence from Mexico.

5. Declaration of independence and the convention of 1836
What?
Sam Houston struggled to keep people at the convention, they all wanted to go and help at the Alamo. Houston convinced them that the only way Texas was to succeed was to create a strong government.

6. Declaration of independence and the convention of 1836
What?
George Childress was elected to head the committee to write a Declaration of Independence for Texas. He worked throughout the night, and the following day, March 2, 1836, Texas declared itself an independent republic.

7. Declaration of independence and the convention of 1836
What?
Childress modeled the document after the one written for the United States by Thomas Jefferson in Childress included a long list of misdeeds by Mexico and claimed that Mexico did not protect the rights of its people.