File:Benjamin Franklin - Join or Die.jpg

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current12:50, 4 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 12:50, 4 January 20173,740 × 2,696 (3.42 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)This <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/political_cartoon" class="extiw" title="w:political cartoon">political cartoon</a> (attributed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" class="extiw" title="w:Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>) originally appeared during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" class="extiw" title="w:French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>, but was recycled to encourage the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_and_New_England_Colonies" class="extiw" title="w:Middle and New England Colonies">American colonies</a> to join the Albany Plan for Union. From <i>The Pennsylvania gazette</i>, 9 May 1754. Abbreviations used: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" class="extiw" title="w:South Carolina"><b>S</b>outh <b>C</b>arolina</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" class="extiw" title="w:North Carolina"><b>N</b>orth <b>C</b>arolina</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" class="extiw" title="w:Virginia"><b>V</b>irginia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland" class="extiw" title="w:Maryland"><b>M</b>aryland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" class="extiw" title="w:Pennsylvania"><b>P</b>ennsylvania</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" class="extiw" title="w:New Jersey"><b>N</b>ew <b>J</b>ersey</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" class="extiw" title="w:New York"><b>N</b>ew <b>Y</b>ork</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England" class="extiw" title="w:New England"><b>N</b>ew <b>E</b>ngland</a>. This is a somewhat odd division: New England was four colonies, and Delaware and Georgia are missing
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