The snake , segmented , was a play upon the common image , easily recognized by colonial America , of the *Gadsden flag featuring the phrase "Don't Tread On Me" . * See related link below .
Franklin designed the flag to convince the colonies they needed to stick together and 8 weren't really excited about doing that. He listed these colonies on the snake segments. The flag was a political statement and was meant to add peer pressure to the hold out colonies.
Robert peary
The snake is coiled ready to attack at a moments notice just like the minutemen. No one who sees it forgets it. "Liberty or death" sent a clear strong message to the british, which is what the revolutionaries wanted. Don't tread on me simply means you wouldn't mess with a snake don't mess with us.
American flag
The snake , segmented , was a play upon the common image , easily recognized by colonial America , of the *Gadsden flag featuring the phrase "Don't Tread On Me" . * See related link below .
The coiled snake wrapped around the soccer ball is a representation of the Gadsen flag from the American revolution. The Gadsen flag had the rallying cry "Don't Tread on Me". A revolutionary cartoon published by Benjamin Franklin depicted a divided snake with the caption "Join or Die". The snake is on the US soccer uniform to honor the genesis of America.
There are a snake and an eagle on the Mexican flag.
A white snake.
"Don't Tread On Me ."
Green.
That is the Franklin flag and cartoon. If you count the segments you will see there are 13 parts and each has a name of a colony. His point was that the colonies must work together to defeat the British.
Benjamin francklin
Franklin designed the flag to convince the colonies they needed to stick together and 8 weren't really excited about doing that. He listed these colonies on the snake segments. The flag was a political statement and was meant to add peer pressure to the hold out colonies.
The first flag was yellow with a snake and it said "don't tread on me" on it
I like the Mexican flag the eagle eating the snake is just great
Mexico