drafting and adopting the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the Republic of Texas. The leaders at the convention, including George C. Childress, Richard Ellis, and Thomas Jefferson Rusk, were instrumental in formulating the reasons for independence and crafting the framework for the newly independent republic. They also elected David G. Burnet as the interim president and laid the groundwork for establishing a government and organizing the military forces necessary to secure Texas' independence from Mexico.
