USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -One of its earliest practitioners was American founding father Benjamin Franklin who, in 1754, published a cartoon, “Join or Die, ” depicting a snake severed into pieces that symbolized the American colonies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Benjamin Franklin created the first American newspaper cartoon in 1754, entitled “Join, or Die, ” depicting the eight colonies as a snake divided in eight pieces. The snake image reappears in every conflict through the Revolutionary War.

Detailed explanation-3: -On this day in 1754, Benjamin Franklin published one of the most famous cartoons in history: the Join or Die woodcut. Franklin’s art carried significant importance at the time and is considered an early masterpiece of political messaging.

Detailed explanation-4: -Join or Die, the first political cartoon published in an American newspaper, illustrates Benjamin Franklin’s warning to the British colonies in America “join or die” and exhorting them to unite against the French and the Natives. It shows a segmented snake, “S.C., N.C., V., M., P., N.J., N.Y., [and] N.E."

Detailed explanation-5: -The first cartoon appeared in Ben Franklin’s newspaper The Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754. It appeared as part of an editorial by Franklin commenting on ‘the present disunited state of the British Colonies.