American Patriots


Anonymous (British artist)
Cartoon
1774


This British cartoon, titled "American Patriots," shows two Americans tarring and feathering a young British man, held captive by a rope around his neck. A gallows appears in the background. A caption below the picture read, "A New Method of Macarony Making as Practiced in Boston." ("Macarony" was a term for an affected young Englishman.)

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