Use the image and caption provided to answer the following questions in complete sentences. Please keep answers one to two sentences long. Caption:
JOIN, or DIE.
Benjamin Franklin
Published in the Pennsylvania Gazette - May 9, 1754
Note: S. C. (South Carolina), N. C. (North Carolina), V. (Virginia), M. (Maryland), P. (Pennsylvania), N. J. (New Jersey), N. Y. (New York), N. E. (New England, representing the colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut).

Questions:
1. Describe this political cartoon. Be sure to include the caption.

2. What is the main message of this political cartoon?