Texas Ordinance of Secession

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:adoptedBy gptkb:Texas_Secession_Convention
February 1, 1861
gptkbp:archivedAt gptkb:Texas_State_Library_and_Archives_Commission
gptkbp:citedReason perceived threats to slavery and states' rights
gptkbp:effect Texas government aligned with Confederacy
gptkbp:fullTitle An Ordinance to Dissolve the Union between the State of Texas and the Other States, United under the Compact Styled 'The Constitution of the United States of America'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Texas Ordinance of Secession
gptkbp:influencedBy secession of other Southern states
gptkbp:locationAdopted gptkb:Austin,_Texas
gptkbp:purpose to declare Texas's secession from the United States
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:repealedBy Texas Constitution of 1866
gptkbp:resultedIn Texas joining the Confederate States of America
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Oran_M._Roberts
gptkbp:supportsLanguage English
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:An_Ordinance_to_Dissolve_the_Union_between_the_State_of_Texas_and_the_Other_States,_United_under_the_Compact_Styled_'Constitution_of_the_United_States_of_America'
gptkb:Texas_Secession_Convention
gptkb:Ordinances_of_Secession
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8