Suppose The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and announced that the thirteen American colonies at war with Great Britain were independent states, and not a part of the British Empire. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration was a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
Can we infer that "The Declaration of Independence was adopted to strengthen the ties with Great Britain"? Yes, no, or maybe?