USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Join, or Die was a political cartoon and woodcut created by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. It was designed to unite the American colonies against the French and their Native allies at the start of the French and Indian War.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -This cartoon appeared in Ben Franklin’s newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754 as part of an editorial by Franklin commenting on ‘the present disunited state of the British Colonies. ‘