USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Join, or Die. by Benjamin Franklin (1754), a political cartoon commenting on the disunity of the Thirteen Colonies during the French and Indian War. It was later used to encourage the colonies to unite for the cause of independence during the American Revolutionary War.

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. It is thought to be the first political cartoon that advocated unification of the colonies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Benjamin Franklin’s Early Plan of Union When he learned of the coming Albany Congress convention, Franklin published the famous “Join, or Die” political cartoon in his newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette. The cartoon illustrates the need for a union by comparing the colonies to separated pieces of a snake’s body.

Detailed explanation-4: -Join, or Die The cartoon, which first appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette in May of 1754, became a symbol of the need for organized action against the threat posed by the French and their native allies during the Seven Years’ War. It has been an enduring American symbol ever since.

Detailed explanation-5: -Revolutionary Americans adopted native snakes as symbols for their cause, starting with a revival of Benjamin Franklin’s famous “JOIN, or DIE” emblem. In the 1770s serpents slithered across newspaper mastheads. Rattlesnakes coiled on drums and reared on flags.