the colonists stated that they were now "free and independent states". What did this statement make them think that they had the power to do?

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The independent states claim the power to levy war, make peace, make alliances with foreign nations, conduct trade, and to do anything else that independent states have the right to do. The newly independent states believe that God will protect them in their venture to establish a just government.