Santa Anna is captured at San Jacinto…now what?

 Happening at the same time as the Battle of the Alamo  2 nd meeting of the Consultation  1 st Consultation decisions did not last  Declared independence on March 2, 1836 Convention of 1836

 GEORGE CHILDRESS  Modeled on the U.S. Declaration of Independence  Section 1  Declares the right to revolution  Section 2  Listed grievances against the central government  Section 3  Declares independence and pledges support of all those who sign

 Created a constitution based on the U.S. government  Created the Republic of Texas  Ad interim government  David Burnet  Lorenzo de Zavala  Sam Houston

PUBLIC TREATY  Santa Anna would not fight Texas again  All Mexican troops would be withdrawn  Provided for the exchange of all Mexican and Texan prisoners PRIVATE TREATY  Santa Anna promised to work for Mexico to recognize Texas’s independence  Established the southern boundary at the Rio Grande River **In exchange for signing these Santa Anna would be released without harm**

 David Burnet-president for 6 months  Called for a vote  Henry Smith  Stephen F. Austin  Sam Houston  Annexation it is!  3,277 to 91  Sam Houston