The war did not end until 1783. The document had an immediate and huge impact in that defined just how real the breach was with the mother country. When news

The war did not end until 1783. The document had an immediate and huge impact in that defined just how real the breach was with the mother country. When news reached New York City, there was actually a riot. Many of the signers paid a steep price, and certainly many who rallied to the cause did as well.