Answer: I would contend that the right answer is the 2) The weakness of American colonies when they operate separately.
Explanation: Just to elaborate a little bit on the answer, it can be added that when Benjamin Franklin conceived this political cartoon featuring a snake cut into eight fragments, each one of them labeled with the initials of some of the Thirteen Colonies, and the cautionary message "Join, or Die," he was purposely encouraging the colonies to unite against the enemy — the French and Indian War was being fought at that time. The cartoon was used, with some variations, during the Revolutionary War also with the goal of encouraging unity, although this time against the British, not against the French.
I mean it can be if you're thinking of it as a sociology as it would lead the person to believe that that have a lot of power over everything. Also it can be bad because of taxes
