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The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted of Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos and signed on March 2, 1836. Missing image Washington_on_the_Brazos_Monument.jpg Replica of the building at Washington-on-the-Brazos where the Texas Declaration was signed. An inscription reads: "Here a Nation was born". Richard Ellis, president of the convention, appointed a committee of five to write the declaration, but the declaration was largely the work of George C. Childress. Among others, the declaration mentions the following reasons for the separation:
Based upon the United States Declaration of Independence, the Texas Declaration also contains many memorable expressions of American political principles: "the right of trial by jury, that palladium of civil liberty, and only safe guarantee for the life, liberty, and property of the citizen." "our arms ... are essential to our defence, the rightful property of freemen, and formidable only to tyrannical governments." External link
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