Answer:
as separate and in danger of destruction.
Step-by-step explanation:
'Join, or Die' is a political cartoon sketched by Benjamin Franklin; published on May 9, 1754 by Pennsylvania Gazette. The cartoon was a depiction of disunity in the American Colonies. The cartoon was published during French and Indian War.
The cartoon is a woodcut with snake cut into eight pieces showing each segment of the colony. The cartoon depicts the disunity in the Thirteen Colonies and danger of destruction this disunity possess.
Thus the correct option is the third one (C).