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Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: The First Political Cartoons

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This article contains two of the first political cartoons in the US. The earliest is from colonial days and is part of an editorial by Ben Franklin. The other is from 1788. Describes how they were created and discusses what they represent.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)