In this 1754 political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin, what does the severed snake represent?
A. the American colonies under British rule
B. a battle plan for the American Revolution
C. the names of cities on a major North American river
D. the order in which colonies would rebel against Britain
The original cartoon developed in Ben Franklin's publication.
The cartoon is approved for the Revolutionary War.
A decade it formerly was distributed, colonists opposing Great Britain's enacting of the Stamp Act resurrected the severed rattlesnake as a representative of their ambition to consolidate in resistance to improper taxation.