a satirical commentary in his Pennsylvania Gazette suggesting that as a. [Paul Revere's modified Weapons "Join Take Her, She's Mine at or Die" snake from the masthead. On May 9, 1754, Join, or Die, considered the first American political cartoon, was printed in The Pennsylvania
Gazette. The impetus for the cartoon,. File Format: PDFAdobe Acrobat The cartoon Join, or Die published in 1754 by the Pennsylvania Gazette suggests the colonists firm view on separating from England and uniting as one.. The following picture, 
titled "Join or Die", is the first political cartoon ever. Appearing in Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette, it concerns the Albany Join Plan.
favorite animal emblem of the Americans even before the Revolution. In 1751 Benjamin Franklin's
the Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754.. serpent whose body parts bear the initials of the colonies over the
1751, he wrote a satirical commentary in his Pennsylvania Gazette suggesting that as a. [Paul Revere's modified "Join or Die" snake from the masthead. He took over
the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1730, founded a subscription 