#1) What does the snake appear to represent?
The snake represents the colonies associated, namely, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
#2) What do the letters under the snake represent?
The letters under the snake represent the names of the colonies.
#3) What do you think was the message of the creator of the cartoon?
The colonies need to band together in order to have a fighting chance against the Indian threat.
#4) What Information can you get from the cartoon?
The creator of the cartoon, Benjamin Franklin, specifically drew the cartoon as a snake and not as another animal such as a bear or something larger.
#5) What Inferences can you make from the cartoon?
Benjamin Franklin intentionally made the creature representing the colonies a snake because if the colonies unified against the threat, they could have the cunning and advantages that a snake has in the wild. The colonies were not strong enough to be depicted with a more fearsome animal because their strength was not that great in the eyes of Franklin. Even though Virginia was the economical "head" of the colonies, New England was depicted as the head of the colonies to further defy the British.
The snake represents the colonies associated, namely, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
#2) What do the letters under the snake represent?
The letters under the snake represent the names of the colonies.
#3) What do you think was the message of the creator of the cartoon?
The colonies need to band together in order to have a fighting chance against the Indian threat.
#4) What Information can you get from the cartoon?
The creator of the cartoon, Benjamin Franklin, specifically drew the cartoon as a snake and not as another animal such as a bear or something larger.
#5) What Inferences can you make from the cartoon?
Benjamin Franklin intentionally made the creature representing the colonies a snake because if the colonies unified against the threat, they could have the cunning and advantages that a snake has in the wild. The colonies were not strong enough to be depicted with a more fearsome animal because their strength was not that great in the eyes of Franklin. Even though Virginia was the economical "head" of the colonies, New England was depicted as the head of the colonies to further defy the British.