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	Texas Historical Commission
		The Texas Declaration of Independence was enacted at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836.
		Sam Houston, a native of Virginia, was president of the Republic of Texas for two separate terms, 1836–1838 and 1841–1844.
		José Antonio Navarro, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and one of the framers of the Constitution of the Republic, was a Texas native, born in San Antonio in 1795.
	www.thc.state.tx.us /triviafun/trvindepend.html (182 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Independence is at the intersection of Farm roads 390 and 50, twelve miles northeast of Brenham in northeast Washington County.
		The community prospered and became a significant religious and educational center for the Republic of Texas.
		In 1990 Independence was a rural settlement with a population of 140.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/II/hli3.html (552 words)

	Independence, Texas, Washington County.
		Much of the stone of the abandoned institution was appropriated by remaining Independence residents and it remains "on permanent loan" in many local buildings.
		Houston was also Baptized in Independence - on November 19, 1854 - not in the church as planned, but in Little Rocky Creek - between Houston's house and the church.
		Prior to the Civil War a debate was held in Independence on the thorny issue of secession.
	www.texasescapes.com /TOWNS/Independence/IndependenceTexas.htm (977 words)

	TEXAS INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Texas Independence Movement and the State Government, are inadequate yardsticks to measure and define the great nation of Texas.
		Texas is a living, thriving, and growing entity with all the benefits God could give any one place on the planet.
		Texas is too large in its thinking, too large in its culture, too large in its resolve to ever be able to define it.
	www.texasrepublic.com /info/3/page1.shtml (336 words)

	Flags of the Republic of Texas
		Captain Scott was one of the independence radicals in the early Texas Independence movement.
		Representatives of the 13 settlements in Texas met at San Felipe de Austin, the headquarters of Austin's colony, in November of 1835 to form a provisional government.
		A committee of five delegates, all signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, was selected, and their choice for a new flag was approved by the convention on May 11th, 1836.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /texas/flags-republic-texas.htm (1098 words)

	Texas the Great State
		In the last 20 years Texas industry has been diversifying, and now the state is one of the leaders in technology.
		Texas is the only state that had six flags, including the current one.
		Texas became the 28th state of the Union on December 29, 1845.
	members.tripod.com /~texcolca1/body/texas.html (1607 words)

	Independence, Texas - Athens of Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Founded in 1823 as Coles Settlement, the town was renamed in 1836 in honor of the March 2nd Declaration of Independence.
		Known as the "Athens of Texas," it was an early center of education, culture, and religion.
		The Independence Baptist Church, founded in 1839, is the oldest Baptist congregation still in existence.
	www.rtis.com /reg/independ (174 words)

	Texas Independence Day Celebrations Events & Parades
		Texas Independence Day, March 2, is an official state holiday and is celebrated by all Texans to honor the memory of the pioneers of the state's independence and to celebrate the freedom that was won by them.
		They have a Texas Events Calendar, a listing of Notable Native Texans, and plenty of articles on the history and current news in the Lone Star State.
		The Birthplace of Texas - Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park commemorates the spot where the delegates to the Convention of 1836 met to sign the Texas Declaration of Independence which created the Republic of Texas.
	www.chiff.com /travel/texas-independence-day.htm (570 words)

	TEXAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Texas declared independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836, to become the Republic of Texas.
		Texas was admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
		When Texas declared independence from Mexico in 1836, the land grab was on and Texans quickly claimed territory for their new republic.
	www.texas-on-line.com /graphic/history.htm (4616 words)

	Texas Treasures - Texas Declaration of Independence - Texas State Library
		George Childress, the committee chairman, is generally accepted as the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence, with little help from the other committee members.
		A free and independent Republic of Texas was officially declared March 2, 1836, when the 54 delegates -- each representing one of the settlements in Texas -- approved the Texas Declaration of Independence.
		According to the endorsement on the Declaration of Independence, this original copy was deposited by Commissioner to the United States William H. Wharton with the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. It was not returned to Texas until some time after June 1896.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /treasures/republic/declare-01.html (345 words)

	Texas Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution.
		Texas was in union with the Mexican state of Coahuila as Coahuila y Tejas, with the capital in distant Saltillo, and thus the affairs of Texas were decided at a great distance from the province and in the Spanish language.
		The Declaration of Independence, 1836 from Gammel's Laws of Texas, Vol.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texas_Declaration_of_Independence (394 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		The Texas Declaration of Independence was framed and issued by the Convention of 1836
		According to the declaration, the Mexican government had invaded Texas to lay waste territory and had a large mercenary army advancing to carry on a war of extermination.
		Louis Wiltz Kemp, The Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence (Salado, Texas: Anson Jones, 1944; rpt.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/TT/mjtce.html (390 words)

	Texas Heritage Trails - Independence Trail - About the Region
		The Texas Independence Trail Region, incorporating 28 counties from Liberty (east of Houston) along the Gulf Coast to Refugio (south of Victoria) to San Antonio (Bexar County) in the west and to Washington County in the north, encourages travelers to experience the spirit of the Texas independence story.
		The saga of the struggle for Texas' independence is one of the most recognized in the world.
		The larger than life images of Texas heroes and settlers resonate throughout this state and country and beyond.
	www.texasindependencetrail.com /home/index.asp?page=60 (211 words)

	Texas Independence
		In the fall of 1836, Samuel Houston was inaugurated as president of the Republic of Texas.
		TENNESSEE, SAM HOUSTON AND TEXAS INDEPENDENCE The General Sam Houston family of Texas and the McCords were related and close from the days both families lived in Blount County and Franklin County, Tennessee in the early 1800's.
		STEXAS INDEPENDENCE The General Sam Houston family of Texas and the McCords were related and close from the days both families lived in Blount County and Franklin County, Tennessee in the early 1800's.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h306.html (1045 words)

	Texas Trails of Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In the saga of Texas history, no period is so distinctive, so accented by epic events, as the interval of Texas' struggle for independence and its formative years as a sovereign republic.
		The series of historical events being traced by the Texas Independence Trail climaxed on a flat coastal prairie east of Houston on April 21, 1836.
		According the theme of the Independence Trail, San Antonio should be a prominent feature- with its capture and recapture during the period of hostilities and its distinction as the location of the hallowed Alamo.
	texas-on-line.com /graphic/independ.htm (7011 words)

	Texas Revolution
		In the Texas Revolution of 1835-36, American colonists in Texas secured the independence of that area from Mexico and subsequently established a republic.
		In February 1836, Santa Anna, undiscouraged, led a large army across the Rio Grande; he was delayed, however, by the unexpectedly determined defense of the Alamo.
		The Republic of Texas (with its Lone Star flag) remained independent until 1845, when it became part of the United States.
	www.lnstar.com /mall/texasinfo/txrevolution.htm (285 words)

	Texas Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		March is Independence Month in Texas, and wintertexans.com salutes the heroes, past and present, of Texas with a look into the colorful past of the nation that became a state, and a land full of values and independence -- for all Texans!
		The Texas Historical Commission is celebrating with a number of special events and publications including the Texas Independence Trail project.
		Across this area now densely populated and highly diverse in offerings for modern travelers, the hallowed spots where those small groups of buck-skinned patriots cast their lot for Texas freedom are well marked within the 28 counties of the Texas Independence Trail Region.
	www.wintertexans.com /independence.htm (449 words)

	McCaul (TX10) - Celebrating the Independence of Texas [Page H472] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		However, the Mexican army was intent on destroying any move toward Texas independence, and the Consultation of 1835, as it was known, adjourned without the organization needed to continue the cause for freedom.
		On March 1, 1836, 59 delegates hailing from all corners of Texas arrived at the village of Washington along the Brazos River to decide the principles they would invoke in claiming their freedom from Mexico.
		After successfully gaining independence from Mexico, Republic of Texas President Sam Houston in 1842 moved the Republic's capital to the birthplace of Texas, Washington on the Brazos River.
	www.house.gov /list/speech/tx10_mccaul/3_1_06_Tex_ind.html (536 words)

	Today in History: March 6
		This photograph of the Alamo by Robert Runyon is presented in conjunction with The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin.
		On April 21, 1836, Sam Houston, commander of the Texas army, led 800 troops, inspired by the sacrifice of their comrades at the Alamo, in a surprise attack on Santa Anna's 1,600 men.
		He was president of the Republic of Texas from 1836-38 and 1841-44 and U.S. senator from Texas from 1846 to 1859.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/mar06.html (474 words)

	Texas Treasures - The Republic of Texas - Texas State Library
		Among Anglo-American colonists and Tejanos alike, the call for Texas independence grew louder.
		On March 2, 1836, a delegation at Washington-on-the-Brazos adopted the Texas Declaration of Independence, and thus was born the Republic of Texas.
		Hostilities with Mexico and the Indians reached a settlement, and Texas was admitted as a state on December 29, 1845.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /treasures/republic/index.html (377 words)

	DC Texas Exes
		On April 21, Gen. Sam Houston, commander of the Texas army, staged a surprise attack on the Santa Anna and the Mexican army at San Jacinto.
		Santa Anna surrendered and the Republic of Texas was born.
		Whenever two ex-students of the University of Texas shall meet on Texas Independence Day, they shall sit and break bread and pay tribute to the institution which made their education possible.
	www.dctexasexes.org /march2.htm (1035 words)

	The Revised Texas Promoting Independence Plan
		The Promoting Independence Plan and the subsequent Promoting Independence Initiative are far reaching in their scope and implementation efforts.
		The Promoting Independence Initiative includes all long-term care services and supports and the state's efforts to improve the provision of community-based alternatives, ensuring that these programs in Texas effectively foster independence and acceptance of people with disabilities and provide opportunities for people to live productive lives in their home communities.
		While Texas limits the number of "regular" 1915(c) waiver slots based upon the number of slots funded by the State Legislature, the waiver slots funded through legacy TDHS Rider 37 were allowed to increase based upon demand.
	www.hhsc.state.tx.us /PUBS/12XX04_tpip_rev.HTML (13961 words)

	Digital History
		By the end of l824, young Austin had attracted 272 colonists to Texas, and had persuaded the newly independent Mexican government that the best way to attract Americans was to give land agents (called empresarios) 67,000 acres of land for every 200 families they brought to Texas.
		Soon, the ominous news reached Texas that Santa Anna himself was marching north with 7,000 soldiers to crush the revolt.
		Two weeks after the defeat at the Alamo, a group of Texas surrendered to Mexican forces outside of Goliad with the understanding that they would be treated as prisoners of war.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /database/article_display.cfm?HHID=312 (1276 words)

	AAA Traveler - Texas’ Independence Trail
		The tales told along the Independence Trail are America in miniature: An oppressed people rise up in defiance, fight for the right of self-determination and avenge their fallen brethren by vanquishing a superior foe.
		If Gonzales is where the first shots of the Texas Revolution were fired, then the presidio is where the revolution began, as the Texan occupiers declared their independence on Dec. 20, 1835, and flew the first Texas flag.
		The fall of the Alamo and Goliad, along with the subsequent flight of Texas refugees toward Galveston and the relative safety of the U.S. border, was an ignominious beginning to the Republic of Texas, which had declared its official independence on March 2, 1836.
	www.ouraaa.com /traveler/0209/texas_b.html (1284 words)

	Alex Jones Presents Infowars.com to Fight the New World Order -- City of Austin Cancels Texas Independence Day Parade
		The University of Texas cancelled Texas Independence Day over 10 years ago and banned any university dept from supporting it.
		Celebrate Texas, a nonprofit group, would have to spend $11,800 for the parade and run this year - up from the $5,000 it paid last year, said state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, a board member of Celebrate Texas.
		Celebrate Texas will still have events next week, including a memorial for Texas Revolution soldiers and a celebration at the Capitol on March 2.
	www.infowars.com /print/misc/independencecancelled.htm (322 words)

	The War For Texas Independence
		Texas was made a part of and attached to the State of Coahuila, Mexico, preceding the outbreak of hostilities between the Lone Star State and the Mexican Government.
		When Anastacio Bustamente came into power at the City of Mexico, a feeling of bitterness against Mexican rule followed as he set aside every measure which might have held the colonists in accord with Mexican thought and sentiment.
		His congress passed a decree providing for the colonization of convicts in Texas, established military forts in different parts of Texas whose officers ignored civil authorities, imprisoned citizens without lawful cause, and refused the right of trial by civil authorities.
	www.kwanah.com /txmilmus/tnghist1.htm (203 words)

	The Southern Independence Party Of Texas
		Edgerton, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, is offended that the dedication plaque which was affixed to the Texas Supreme Court building was removed by the previous governor because some member of the NAACP said they were offended by the plaque.
		The Texas State flag is shown flying above the first National Flag of the Confederate States of America in a correct State's Rights position after a flag-raising ceremony for Confederate History month in front of the Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson, Texas Monday morning of April 1, 2002.
		Many friend of the idea of a free and independent Confederate Government of America will receive tax refunds from the IRS for your overpayments of their requirements of your voluntary payment of income tax for the previous year.
	www.sipoftexas.org (3570 words)

	Texas Promoting Independence Plan
		Texas Legislature appointed a Joint Committee on Long-term Care Alternatives to study the scope and effectiveness of the state programs that provide care for the aged and disabled, including evaluation of the existing programs and alternatives to those programs.
		Texas has developed a long-term care system structured around population groups -- mental health/mental retardation, aging, children, and adults with physical disabilities – using the federal funding streams associated with programs that serve these populations.
		In order to effectively implement the Promoting Independence Initiative, it is critical that staff and agencies receive training in the history, intent and scope of the initiative, development of community supports for people in transition from institutions to the community, contact information of service providers, and initiation of community-based services.
	www.hhsc.state.tx.us /pubs/tpip/tpip_report.html (10563 words)

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