2. May's Constitutional History of England, vol. ii. Chapter xvii. on "British Colonies and Dependencies," pp. 510-540 (Edition of 1863). 3. Doyle, John Andrew. The English in America, 3 vols. London, 1882, 1887. 4. Seeley's The Expansion of England. Chapter on "The Old Colonial System." 5. Green's History of the English People, vol. iv. 6. Grahame's History of America until the Declaration of Independence, vol. ii. pp. 348-530 (1845). A Scotch author. 7. Ludlow's The War of American Independence. English Epoch Series. A valuable little volume. 8. Caldecott, English Colonization and Empire. 9. Massey's History of England during the Reign of George III., 3 vols. London, 1855. A Whig view. Especially chs. vi.viii. vol. i. 10. Adolphus's History of England, from the Accession to the Decease of George III., 7 vols. (1840), chs. vii., ix., xiii. A Tory view. Adolphus maintains that American rebellion was fomented by religious influences and bodies, especially by Presbyterian synods. See p. 184 et seq., vol i. 11. Kingsford's History of Canada, 9 vols. Especially vols. v. vi. vii. IV. AMERICAN AND OTHER SECONDARY AUTHORITIES. 1. Pitkin's Political and Civil History of America, vol. i. p. 155 to vol. ii. p. 179. A valuable collection of material. 2. Ramsay, David. History of the American Revolution, 2 vols., 1816. "One of the most substantial and worthy accounts of our Revolutionary period." (Adams's Manual.) 3. Palfrey's History of New England, vol. v. book vi. chs. i.-xiii. (b) The Conflict Precipitated, by Justin Winsor. (d) The West from the Treaty of Peace with France, 1763, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. 5. Fiske, John. The American Revolution, 2 vols. 6. Frothingham's Rise of the Republic of the United States. 7. Bancroft, George. History of the United States, 10 vols. xvii 8. Tucker's History of the United States, 4 vols., 1841. Chiefly political. 9. Hildreth, Richard. 10. Bryant and Gay. 4 vols. History of the United States, 6 vols. Popular History of the United States, 11. Curtis, George Ticknor. Constitutional History of the United States, vol. i. 12. Balch's The French in America. 13. Campbell, Douglas. The Puritans in England, Holland, and America, 2 vols. 14. Sabine's The Loyalists of the American Revolution, 2 vols., 1864. 15. Wells's Life of Samuel Adams, 3 vols. 16. Hosmer, J. K. Life of Samuel Adams. Statesmen Series. 17. Tyler's Life of Patrick Henry; Wirt's Life of Henry. 18. Bigelow's Life of Franklin, as told in his Writings, 3 vols. 19. Parton's Life of Franklin. 20. Parton's Life of Jefferson; Randall's Life of Jefferson; Tucker's Life of Jefferson; Morse's Jefferson. 21. Hart's Formation of the Union (Longmans' Epochs of American History) 22. Sloane's The French War and the Revolution (Scribner's Epochs of American History). 23. Marshall's Life of Washington. 24. Woodburn's Causes of the American Revolution (Johns Hopkins University Studies, Tenth Series, No. 12). A brief summary of the political controversy between the colonies and the mother country. 25. Greene, G. W. Historical View of the American Revolution. 26. Lossing's Field Book of the American Revolution. 27. Channing's United States of America, 1765-1865; Channing's Students' History of the United States; McLaughlin's History of the American Nation; Montgomery's Students' History of the United States; McMaster's School History of the United States. V. REFERENCE BOOKS. 1. Winsor's Reader's Handbook of the American Revolution. A small volume containing an analysis of the events of the Revolution, with reference to the main sources of information on each. "It is like a continuous footnote to all histories of the American Revolution. It points out sources, but it includes also the second-hand authorities." 2. Winsor's Narrative and Critical History of America, vol. vi. The student will find here abundant references to all the sources and secondary authorities. 3. Channing and Hart's Guide to American History, pp. 288–308. A very useful student's guide to the principal material. 4. Charles Kendall Adams's Manual of Historical Literature. Contains a brief characterization of the principal authorities. 5. Mace's Manual of American History. 6. Tyler's The Literary History of the American Revolution, 2 vols. CONTENTS. Effects of the Peace of Paris on the American colonies Predictions of their separation from England |