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  1. Background Representatives of seven colonies met in Albany to secure the allegiance of the Iroquois Confederacy and to unite the colonies in matters of defense during the 7 years war. Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union, which provided for a congress of delegates representing all the colonies. England rejected it because she fult that a union of the colonies would make them too strong. The colonies rejected it because each was unwilling to give up any of its powers of local government to a grand council. This was America’s first political cartoon, which appeared in Franklin’s newspaper shortly after the Albany Congress. The drawing was based on popular superstition that a snake cut in two would come to life if the pieces were joined before sunset. The drawing immediately caught the public’s eye and was reproduced in other newspapers.

  2. Albany Congress, 1754

  3. Questions • What does each segment of the snake represent? • What does the order of the segments illustrate? • What does the entire snake represent? • What does the caption mean?

  4. Question (cont’d) 5) Which statement best describes the message of the political cartoon? • To kill a snake, you must cut it up • The colonies must unite together to be strong or they will perish • If a snake grows back together, the colonies will be strong

  5. Background The people of Boston threatened and harmed British customs officials trying to collect taxes. Because of this, the British quartered troops in Boston to protect their officials. In Boston, as elsewhere, there was bitter feeling between the colonists and the redcoats (the British troops). On one occasion, a riotous crowd of Bostonians shouted insults and threw snowballs at soldiers. The redcoats fired into the mob, killing five townspeople and wounding six others. The angry citizens, led by Samuel Adams, demanded the removal of the British troops. To prevent an uprising, the governor withdrew the soldiers from the city. News of the massacre spread throughout the colonies and aroused hatred everywhere.

  6. Boston Massacre, 1770

  7. Questions • What does “propaganda” mean? • How did Paul Revere stir up anti-British sentiment among his fellow colonists? • Why isn’t this a true depiction of what happened? • Why did Revere misrepresent what happened?

  8. Questions (cont’d) 5) Why is this considered a milestone in America’s road to independence?

  9. Critical Thinking • How did people get the news during the Revolutionary Period? • Was the information always accurate or biased? Cite an example. • How were political cartoons used to stir up anti-British sentiment among the colonists?

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