Rajiv Raghavan
Mr. Decarlo
September 13, 2006
AP American


1. The issue represented in the cartoon is the American victories and British captures at Saratoga and Yorktown.
2. The message the cartoonist is trying to convey is that there is another space available for another captured British army. The cartoonist clearly supports the American side, because the caption reads, “Britons within the Yankeean Plains, Mind how ye March & Trench, The Serpent in the congress reigns, As well as in the French.” Saying ‘The Serpent in the congress reigns’ clearly supports the American fight for independence.
3. This cartoon made the idea of revolution more common in the colonies. This cartoon, and other political cartoons helped give the Revolution the momentum it needed to actually become a reality