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NE is the snake's head and represents New England.
May 9 , 1754 : The "Join , or Die" political cartoon was created by Benjamin Franklin and published in the Pennsylvania Gazette .
He is saying, join all the colonies together and if they don't they would die if they are by them self. If you see all the snake's parts, they are separated and each one stands for a colony.
the american colonies are like a dangerous snake
Benjamin Franklin, in his"Join, or Die" cartoon, which symbolized the need for the colonies of America to stick together to fight against the British Empire.
The 13 colonies.
NE is the snake's head and represents New England.
The first political cartoon was created by Ben Franklin. It depicted a snake that read 'Join or Die' with colony names representing different parts of the snake.
In cartoons drawn around the time of the American Revolution, a snake divided into 13 parts represented the 13 American colonies, with the exhortation to "Join or Die!" or "Unite or Die!" urging the colonists to unify.
You can tell because the different parts of the snake have captions over them (For example: New England = N.E
A segmented snake ~ see related link below .
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an arrow representing the Indians of the colonies.
May 9 , 1754 : The "Join , or Die" political cartoon was created by Benjamin Franklin and published in the Pennsylvania Gazette .
The snake would be familiar e.g."Dont Tread On Me."
It encourage colonies to unite saying join or die
people whod join them would get more power and more advantages that people who would back away