VISUAL ACTIVITY Female Combatants, 1776 This British cartoon of January 1776 follows a long tradition of representing countries as female characters: a fancy-dressed matron as Britain and a near-naked Indian maiden as Britain’s North American colonies, pummeling each other with fists. The British matron calls out “I’ll force you to Obedience, you Rebellious Slut,” while the Indian maiden replies “Liberty, Liberty forever, Mother, while I exist.” Courtesy of the Yale University Library READING THE IMAGE: Does this cartoon express sympathy with one side over the other in the brewing Revolutionary War? What is your evidence? CONNECTIONS: Does the message of this cartoon, of a struggle over obedience versus liberty, well capture the essence of the Revolutionary struggle as of January 1776?