Join or die

The main visual elements are the segments of the snake’s body that have space between them. Also the Join or Die is a main visual element. The cartoon represents that the colonies are not united as one. The words tell you that either all the colonies join to fight the British or the die. I thought the shape of the snake is to represent that if all the colonies combine then they can be dangerous to Great Britain. The artist obviously supports the idea of all the colonies combining or else he would not write join or die. I think the artist could have made a more vicious snake to show that America could be more dangerous
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