Benjamin Franklin: Join, or Die

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Benjamin Franklin: Join, or Die
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Abstract

In May 1754 Benjamin Franklin published the Join, or Die cartoon. This woodcut image would become a powerful symbol for the British American colonists during the French and Indian War (1754–63), which was part of a larger conflict known in Europe as the Seven Years’ War. Join, or Die first appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9 and was the first political cartoon published in America.

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