*** Popular treatment
+ Scholarly, but readable
++ Scholarly and difficult
+Andrews, Charles M.
Connecticut and the British Government
. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1933. Short article published for the Tercentenary Commission of The State of Connecticut. A good reference on Connecticut.
+Andrews, Charles M.
Connecticut’s Place in Colonial History
. New Haven: Yale University Press. Excellent reference on Connecticut and the other colonies.
+ Christie, I. R.
Crisis of Empire
. London: Edward Arnold Ltd. 1966. A very good discussion on British imperial relations with the American colonies.
+ Christie, Ian R. and Labaree Benjamin W.
Empire or Independence
1760-1776. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc. A very good, readable source on the colonies and the British Empire.
*** Collier, Christopher.
Connecticut In the Continental Congress
. Chester: Pequot Press. A concise, readable history.
*** Collier, Christopher.
Roger Sherman’s Connecticut
. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press. 1971.
*** Cutler, Charles L.
Connecticut’s Revolutionary Press
. Chester: Pequot Press. An enjoyable, readable history on Connecticut’s Press in the colonial period.
*** Gerlach, Larry R.
Connecticut Congressman: Samuel Huntington
. Portland: The Waverly Printing Co. 1977. A short, easy to read history on Samuel Huntington.
+Gipson, Lawrence Henry.
The American Revolution as
an Aftermath of
The Great War For The Empire 1754-1763. New York: Academy of Political Science. 1950.
+ Gipson, Lawrence Henry Gipson.
The Coming of the Revolution
. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1954. Good general reference on the colonies and their relations with Britain.
++ Hoadly, Charles J., LL. D.
The Public Records of The Colony of
Connecticut. Hartford: The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company. 1890. A primary source consisting of fifteen volumes covering the years 1751 to 1890.
+ Meyer, Freeman M.
Connecticut Congregationalism in the Revolutionary
Era. Deep River: The New Era Printing Co. 1977. A good, readable, concise discussion of Congregationalism in Connecticut.
*** Roth, David M.
Connecticut’s War Governor: Jonathan Trumbull.
Chester: Pequot Press. 1974. An excellent enjoyable source on Governor Trumbull during the Revolutionary War. Contains information on contributions to and participation in the war effort.
*** Stark, Bruce P.
Connecticut Signer: William Williams
. Chester: Pequot Press. 1975. A concise, readable history.
+ Taylor, Robert J.
Colonial Connecticut.
New York: K.T.C. Press. 1979. Excellent source on the history of the Connecticut Colony.
++ Van Dusen, Albert E.
Connecticut
. New York: Random House. 1961. A good book to use as a reference on Connecticut history.
*** Willingham, William F.
Connecticut Revolutionary: Eliphalet Dyer.
Portland: The Waverly Printing Company. 1977. A readable discussion on one of Connecticut’s leading patriots.
+ Zeichner, Oscar.
Connecticut’s Years of Controversy
. Virginia: Univ: of North Carolina Press. 1949. An excellent source to use to obtain information on Connecticut’s struggles with the British government.
