1779 Cartoon - The Horse America, Throwing His Master

This cartoon, by an unknown artist, demonstrates how colonial Americans viewed their mother country. They wanted Britain "off their back" and out of the colonies completely.

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Credits

"The Horse America, Throwing His Master." 

Westminster, William White, August 1, 1779. To Form a More Perfect Union: An Introduction to the Congressional Documents, Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789.

Courtesy, Library of Congress.