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What was the meaning behind the split snake "Join or Die" flag in the 1754 Pennsylvania Gazette?
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monkeeeeee is age 75 in Pennsylvania
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Here is a picture: http://www.usflag.org/gadsden.html

I see that Georgia isn't included--did that have anything to do with the previous edition of the paper's article protesting the British practice of sending convicts to America, since allegedly Georgia was intended be a haven for those in debtors prisons? Were people wanting the other colonies to join against Georgia, or was the "join or die" message directed at Georgia? I also read where James Oglethorpe wanted Georgians to co-exist peacefully with the Indians, and French Colonial Florida originally included the land of Georgia, where French Huguenots colonized. Did this have anything to do with it, since it was the beginning of the French and Indian War? In addition, were there already French (or European people in general) living in the land west of the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers before the Georgia Land Lotteries of the early 1800s?

edit: Why is "India" marked as my flair, and why can't I change it?! I'm assuming some Redditor decided to be snarky, as usual, unless it was done by a bot.

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