American Rattlesnake Cartoon

1) In this cartoon the historical event that is being represented is the defeat of the British by the American in the American Revolution. The Americans had now beaten the British twice and that is clearly shown in the cartoon from the empty British Army posts and also from the snake that states that they had defeated two British Armies.

2) The message that the artist is trying to show is that the Americans are very powerful and that since they had defeated the two British Armies they were too strong for any other challenger. This is shown with the empty circle that has a sign posted “An Apartment to Lett for Military Gentlemen.” This is simply telling that America is not afraid of their enemies because they, and the artist who was British, felt that they can take on their opponents. Since the artist was British it also shows that even some people in Britain saw that America would be very difficult to beat.

3) The impact that the American Rattlesnake had on history was that it told everyone that America was a force to be reckoned with. The outcome of the event shown was that no other country fought with America up until the War of 1812.