Why do you think this image was so persuasive to colonists who may never have thought of the separate colonies as parts of a whole? The image was so persuasive because of the title and the meaning behind the picture.

The image of a rattlesnake was used as a symbol of the American colonies from the beginning of the French and Indian War to the end of the War for Independence. It appeared in printed caricatures, newspapers, and paper money, in addition to other media including flags, buttons and even on a cemetery monument.

During the American Revolution, the rattlesnake was a symbol of rebellion against colonial British rule. The unity of the colonies made them a powerful force. Using the rattlesnake image on a flag shows unity and power or it can be conceived as a threat.

Franklin’s “Join or Die” cartoon was so effective it rallied the colonies and influenced politics throughout two wars. Benjamin Franklin’s warning to the British colonies in America: “Join or Die.”

why are there only 8 segments of the snake? the 8 segments represent the colonies. the rest of the colonies are in order as you work your way down to the tail. 2 colonies were left out.

Cartoon made in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The cartoon shows a tax collector having tea shoved down his throat after being tarred and feathered.

The cartoon shows British Prime Minister Lord North forcing tea, which represents the Intolerable Acts, down the throat of the American colonies.

How did the Navigation Acts Affect the colonists? it directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies. It told colonial merchants that they could not use foreign ships to send their goods, even if it was less expensive.

British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help replenish their finances after the costly Seven Years’ War with France. Part of the revenue from the Stamp Act would be used to maintain several regiments of British soldiers in North America to maintain peace between Native Americans and the colonists.

The Currency Act banned the colonies’ printing their own paper money. English merchants had insisted for years that payment in colonial currency left them underpaid for their goods. But colonists insisted that without their own paper money they could not maintain vigorous economic activity.