Answer: The Declaration of Independence announced, both in the internal public and in the rest of the world, that until then Thirteen Colonies began to break with the British Empire of George III. This rupture began to be articulated, in fact, in 1774, with the formation of the first Continental Congress.
This Congress was the meeting of delegates from twelve of the colonies (except Georgia) at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was intended for the last time to demand from England more political and economic freedom for the settlers. , since many of the problems of the latter stemmed from the Prohibitive Laws imposed by the former.
