The colonies of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia declared their independence in 1776. The independence was granted in 1783 and in 1787 they formed an alliance, called Coalition of Virginia and the Carolinas, in response to the Columbia Federation. In 1795, a tariff disagreement with Columbia end up with a dissolution of the non-tariff pact of the Continental Congress. This moved the Coalition states closer as a single nation, in which Viriginia became dominant.