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The Convention of 1833 was a gathering of politicians and leaders of the state of Coahuila y Tejas (then part of Mexico) in San Felipe on April 1, 1833. It was a successor meeting to the Convention of 1832, whose reforms had been rejected by the Mexican government. Only a fourth of the 56 Texian delegates had attended the earlier convention. The volatile William H. Wharton presided over the meeting, which was attended by numerous regional leaders, including Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, David G. Burnet, Edward Burleson and James C. Neill.
The convention's agenda mirrored the Convention of 1832, with the exception of the addition of a draft constitution (patterned after that of the United States) to be submitted to the Mexican congress. Austin traveled to Mexico City to present the petitions to the government. After some initial success in his negotiations, Austin came to an impasse with getting Texas as a separate state from Coahuila y Tejas but still remain within Mexican government. In response, Stephen F Austin wrote a letter back home saying to unit and to lead a revolt to separate Texas. This letter was intercepted by the mexican government and was imprisoned in early 1834 without any specific charges. The inability of the Mexican government and the Texians to reach an accord contributed to the Texas Revolution.
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