Display-worthy print of the Texas Declaration of Independence (1836), available in multiple sizes on sturdy, high-quality paper in archival ink
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Following its independence from Spain in 1821, Mexico adopted policies that encouraged migrants from the United States to settle in the northeastern part of the new country’s territory, an area largely in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. Though a number of Indigenous groups already lived in the area, it was sparsely populated by people with European ancestry. Americans, seeking new land for crops and other resources, arrived throughout the 1820s and 1830s. Many of these settlers were from the South — and many owned slaves.
However, it didn’t take long before cultural, religious, and language differences led to friction between the Americans — who were largely Protestant and English-speaking — and the Spanish-speaking residents of Mexico, where the Roman Catholic Church was the state religion. Mexico’s moves to abolish slavery, which underpinned the American settlers’ entire economy and livelihoods, also led to conflict.
In this same period, Mexican general Antonio López de Santa Anna rose to power. During the ensuing tumultuous period in Mexico’s history, Santa Anna overthrew the country’s 1824 constitution, which had created a federal republic. In its place, Santa Anna centralized power and established what was essentially a military dictatorship. The Americans in Texas already felt disenfranchised by the long distance from their settlements to the capital of Coahuila y Tejas, where government business was conducted in Spanish, not English. They were outraged by Santa Anna’s oppressions against their freedom and democracy. (It should be noted that, at the same time the Texans were decrying what they viewed as Mexico’s infringements on their rights, many were also slaveholders.)
They sought to establish their own state government within Mexico, separate from that of Coahuila. When those attempts failed, they tried to circumvent Mexico’s Congress and establish a separate state government anyway. One of the Texans’ leaders, Stephen F. Austin, was imprisoned by Mexican authorities for leading these efforts. (The state capital today, Austin, is named for him.)
The conflict boiled over into outright war, the Texas Revolution. A pivotal moment of the revolution was the Battle of the Alamo in February and March 1836, where Santa Anna led Mexican troops and soundly defeated the Texans.
It was against this backdrop in early March 1836 that delegates representing the people of Texas met in a small log cabin in Washington-on-the-Brazos. There they resolved that the only solution for Texas and its people was to declare themselves independent of Mexico. They, like their American ancestors had done 60 years earlier in Philadelphia, summarized their grievances against the Mexican government. At the end of this document, they declared Texas “a Free, Sovereign, and Independent Republic.”
Thus the Texas Declaration of Independence was created — and thus the Republic of Texas, an independent country, was born.
Texas remained an independent country until 1845, when, on 29 December, it was admitted as the 28th state of the United States.
Celebrate these landmark events in Texas and American history with this modern print of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Printed on sturdy, high-quality paper with archival inks and offered in multiple sizes that will fit any space, the print is perfect for display in a classroom, office, or other public space or even at home.
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