What was the result of the declaration of independence?

The Declaration of Independence is a statement accepted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776. The document announced that the 13 colonies (who were at war with Great Britain) regarded themselves as thirteen independent states no longer under British rule. The result is what we know as the United States of America.

The articles created a national government composed of a congress, which had the power to declare war, sign treaties, make alliances and more.