Goliad Declaration of Independence
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The Goliad Declaration of Independence was signed on December 20, 1835 at Presidio La Bahía in Mexican Texas. {{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Graham|title=Land!: Irish Pioneers in Mexican and Revolutionary Texas|date=2002|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-1-58544-189-1}}
History
The declaration was signed by 91 Texan colonists and Tejanos in the Gulf Coast of Mexico settlements which supported breaking away from Mexico and creating an independent state.Davis (2002) p. 255
While the document drafted by Matagorda alcalde (mayor) Ira Ingram was a precursor to the Texas Declaration of Independence, it was deemed premature when received by the Consultation in San Felipe de Austin.
There was not yet a clear consensus among Texians for either declaring outright independence or remaining part of Mexico with the restoration of the 1824 Mexican Constitution. It was effectively quashed by sending it to the Committee on State and Judiciary, and was later just filed away.{{cite web|last1=Huson|first1=Hobart|title=Goliad Declaration of Independence|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/mhg01|website=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=February 22, 2015}}
See also
- Coahuila y Tejas — Mexican state in region, 1824-1836.
- {{C|Mexican Texas|Mexican Texas period}} — 1821-1836.
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