Question

when this political cartoon was printed in the pennsylvania journal in 1775, what idea was the newspaper relaying to the colonists?

• the colonies should remain separate but work together.
• the colonies needed to move from being separate entities to working together in order to gain independence.
• the american colonies were acting against the king, like a snake.
• only the colonies listed on the snake mattered in the independence movement.

o the colonies should remain separate but work together.
o the colonies needed to move from being separate entities to working together in order to gain independence.
o the american colonies were acting against the king, like a snake.
o only the colonies listed on the snake mattered in the independence movement.

Explanation:

The political cartoon with the phrase "UNITE OR DIE" shows a snake divided into parts (representing the colonies). The imagery and text imply that if the colonies (the parts of the snake) do not unite (come together as one), they will perish. This directly relates to the idea that the colonies needed to move from being separate to working together for independence. The other options are incorrect:

• "The colonies should remain separate but work together" contradicts the "unite" (come together as one) message of the cartoon.
• "The American colonies were acting against the king, like a snake" misinterprets the symbolic meaning of the snake (which represents the colonies' need for unity, not their action against the king in terms of being like a snake).
• "Only the colonies listed on the snake mattered in the independence movement" is wrong as the cartoon is a call for all colonies (symbolized by the snake's parts) to unite, not to exclude some.

Answer:

The colonies needed to move from being separate entities to working together in order to gain independence.