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The Republic of Texas was a shortlived country roughly corresponding to the present day state of Texas in the United States of America. The northern boundaries with the United States were defined by the Adams-Onis treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819. Its southern and western boundary with Mexico was under dispute throughout the lifetime of the Republic, with Texas claiming that the boundary was the Rio Grande and Mexico claiming the Rio Nueces. This dispute would later become a trigger for the Mexican War between Mexico and the United States after the annexation of Texas.
Before Mexican independence in 1821, Texas was a part of the Spanish colony of New Spain. Texas then belonged to Mexico (as a part of the state of Coahuila y Tejas) until the Texas Revolution. The first declaration of independence for Texas was signed in Goliad on December 20, 1835Events January 1 Ole Pedersen Hoiland breaks into the Bank of Norway and steals 64. 000 dalers January 7 HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago. January 30 Unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson in the United States Cap. The Texas Declaration of IndependenceThe 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. Richard Ellis, pre was enacted at Washington-on-the-BrazosWashington-on-the-Brazos was a settlement along the Brazos River in Texas, then part of Mexico, which was the site of the Convention of 1836 and the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The settlement was later abandoned and is now a state hi on March 2March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). There are 304 days remaining. Events 986 Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1717 The Loves of Mars and Venus became the first ballet performed in England. 1791 Long dista, 1836Events January Book by Maria Monk claims that she was sexually exploited in a Canadian convent February 3 United States Whig Party holds its first convention in Albany, New York. February 23 The siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas. February 24, effectively creating the Republic of Texas.
Four days later, the two-week long Battle of the AlamoThe Battle of the Alamo was a battle between Mexican and Texian forces during the Texas Revolution that took place at the Alamo mission in San Antonio in February and March of 1836. The siege ended on March 6 with the capture of the mission and the death ended as Mexican General Antonio López de Santa AnnaAntonio Lopez de Santa Anna Perez de Lebron (sometimes spelled de Santa Ana ( February 21, 1794 21 June 1876) was a Mexican general and dictator. Antonio Lopez was born to lower-middle class parents in Xalapa, while Mexico was still known as the colony of's forces defeated the nearly 200 Texans defending the small mission (which would eventually become the center of the city of San AntonioThe Alamo in San Antonio San Antonio is a city in the U. state of Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a resident population of 1,144,646. It is the county seat of Bexar County 6. Originally founded by Canary Islanders in 1731 (although a small Indi). "Remember the Alamo" became the battle cry of the Texas Revolution. The Battle of San Jacinto was fought on April 21, 1836, near the present-day city of Houston. General Santa Anna's entire force of 1,600 men was killed or captured by Texas General Sam Houston's army of 800 Texans; only nine Texans died. This decisive battle resulted in Texas' independence from Mexico.
Sam Houston, a native of Virginia, was President of the Republic of Texas for two separate terms, 1836–1838 and 1841–1844. He also was Governor of the state of Texas from 1859 to 1861.
The first Congress of the Republic of Texas convened in October 1836 at Columbia (now West Columbia). Stephen F. Austin, known as the Father of Texas, died December 27, 1836, after serving two months as Secretary of State for the new Republic.
In 1836, five sites served as temporary capitals of Texas ( Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston, Velasco and Columbia) before Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston in 1837. In 1839, the capital was moved to the new town of Austin.
Internal politics of the Republic were based on the conflict between two factions. The nationalist faction, led by Mirabeau B. Lamar advocated the continued independence of Texas, the expulsion of the Native Americans, and the expansion of Texas to the Pacific Ocean. Their opponents, led by Sam Houston, advocated the annexation of Texas to the United States and peaceful coexistence with Native Americans.
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