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What war was the Join or Die cartoon in reference to?

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American War of Independence. Benjamin Franklin wanted the colonies to unite against the British.
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JOIN, or DIE. is a political cartoon, attributed to Benjamin Franklin and first published in his Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754. The original publication by the Gazette is the earliest known pictorial representation of colonial union produced by a British colonist in America.

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