Name: Join or Die: Benjamin Franklin's Forgotten Call for Union (1754)
Uploaded: 2024-09-23T02:53:26+00:00
Duration: 44 min 50 s
Description: Before the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin had a bold idea to unite the colonies - an idea most people have never heard of. In 1754,

Streamed on: Sep 23, 12:30 pm EDT

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Before the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin had a bold idea to unite the colonies - an idea most people have never heard of. In 1754, just before the Albany Congress, he published his famous “Join or Die” cartoon, symbolizing his forgotten call for colonial unity. Although it was rejected, Franklin believed this plan could have changed the course of American history.

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