The First Thirteen Colonies
EverGreene Painting Studios
Oil on Canvas
1993-1994
The map shows the first thirteen colonies and the year in which each
entered the Union. The original Northwest territories, the Connecticut
Reserve, and Spanish and West Florida are also shown. Beside the motto
"Join or Die" is a snake segmented into thirteen parts, each
labeled with the abbreviation of a state, copied from a colonial block
print.
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