at the Texas revolution a convention of texan americans meets at Washington on the Brazos and declares the independence of Texas from Mexico and the delegates chose david burnet as provisional president and confirmed Sam Houston as the commander in chief of all Texan forces.
decletation of texas at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and was formally signed the next day after mistakes were noted in the text