American History to 1877

Chapter 6:
Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

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These resources have been selected by librarians to supplement HSTY 201 classes (American History to 1877) at Tompkins Cortland Community College.

• Gale Virtual Reference Collection
• Books and eBooks in TC3 Collection
• Subject Headings
• Multimedia
• Locating Journal Articles in Databases
• Web Resources

Gale Virtual Reference Collection

TC3 students and staff have access to the Gale Virtual Reference Library which has over 250 academic reference encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. This is a good place to start your research because it provides useful background information.

Books and eBooks in TC3 Collection

• 1776 by David G. McCullough [E208 .M396 2005]
• The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence - Primary Source [E203 .A579 2001]
• The American Tory - Edited by Morton Borden and Penn Borden [E277 .B72 1972] - Primary Source
• Constitution of the United States of America and the Declaration of Independence [REF KF4525 .U5 1961] - Primary Source
• Fathers of the Constitution: a Chronicle of the Establishment of the Union by Max Farrand [E303 .F252]
• Historical Atlas of the American Revolution [O-SIZE E208 .B36 2000]
• Liberty’s Daughters: the Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800 by Mary Beth Norton [HQ1418 .N67]
• Race and Revolution by Gary B. Nash [E446 .N37 1990] You can search inside this title at Google Books.
• Revolutionary Versus Loyalist: the First American Civil War, 1774-1784 [E277 .U6]
• Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution [E211 .F46 2002]
• Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations [JC178.V5 N45 2006]
• Unknown American Revolution: the Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America [E208 .N33 2005]

To find books in the TC3 Library, search the Online Catalag. To find books in other libraries use the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat. These books may be requested through the TC3 Library's Interlibrary Loan service.

Subject Headings

These suggested subject headings can be used to find books on this topic in the TC3 Library Catalog as well as in the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat. To find books in the TC3 Library, go to the main Library page and search the TC3 Catalog or use the 'ready-made' searches below.

• American Loyalists
• Constitutional History, United States
• United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783
• United States, Politics and Government, to 1775
• Washington, George, 1732-1799

Multimedia

• Mary Silliman's War [videorecording] [Media E302.6.S53 A4 1993] - "Based on the memoir and letters of Mary Silliman whose husband, a patriot leader, was kidnapped by Tories from their Fairfield, Conn., home during the American Revolutionary War. This film depicts the struggles and divisions in this New England town, as well as Mary's personal dilemmas and confrontations in seeking her husband's freedom while still tending to the needs of their family."
• Liberty! The American Revolution - Peabody Award-winning six-part series. From Films on Demand

Locating Journal Articles in Databases

History-related electronic journals are available to TC3 students and staff in our electronic databases and in our full-text journals listed by title and subject.

Web Resources

• Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873 0 Over 500,000 digital items, including page images and searchable text. "The journals, debates, and legislation of the federal congresses from 1789 to 1873 form the core of the collection, including the House Journal, Senate Journal and Senate Executive Journal, Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, The Congressional Globe, and the Statutes at Large. The site also offers documents on the Continental Congress and constitutional debates (1774-89) in the Journals of the Continental Congress, Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 and The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (Elliot's Debates), as well as selected documents from the U.S. Serial Set." (American Memory, Library of Congress.)
• Common Sense - Project Gutenberg etext of Thomas Paine's call for cessation from England. Another version is offered by Bartleby.com
• Declaration of Independence - Offered by the National Archives and the Library of Congress.
• Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
• George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress

  Because of the wide range of Washington's interests, activities, and correspondents, which include ordinary citizens as well as celebrated figures, his papers are a rich source for almost every aspect of colonial and early American history. This searchable online collection consisting of over 152,000 images, organized by series, including Exercise Books, Diaries, and Surveys.

• Spy Letters of the American Revolution - Collection of letters from Sir Henry Clinton providing a view into the intelligence operations of the United States and the British during the Rvolutionary War.
• Thomas - Legislative information from the Library of Congress. Offers: the The Federalist Papers

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