Question

Why would all the colonies need to join together or die?

Answer 1

Benjamin Franklin's warning to the British colonies in America: "Join or Die." ... Franklin's goal was to unite the colonists to combat the French and their Native American allies, and to convince the British government to support a unified colonial government in America.

Answer 2

Benjamin Franklin created the political cartoon Join or Die to symbolize how the colonies could not fight individually. It was a cartoon of a snake cut into 13 pieces each with the initials of one of the 13 colonies. The point of the cartoon was to show that they could never win the French-Indian war alone. If the colonies were to join in one united force then America could stand a chance in the war. The picture was also used to unite the colonies in the Revolutionary war.