Resource Guide:
Colonial and Revolutionary America

The following websites are librarian-evaluated to provide trustworthy information for your topic. They include digitized collections connected to your topic.

• The Benjamin Franklin Papers
• Correspondence between John and Abigail Adams
• Founders Online: Correspondence and Other Writings of Six Major Shapers of the the United States
• Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention
• Jefferson Resources (UVA)
• Rochambeau Map Collection
• Constitutional Sources Project (ConSource)
• Rotunda Founders Early Access Project
• The American Revolution and Its Era
• Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention
• Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution
• Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records
• Historic Maps of the United States
• Revolutionary War Battlefield Sites
• Colonial Williamsburg Life in the 18th Century
• Divining America Religion in American History
• Colonial North American Project at Harvard University
• Salem Witch Trials
• Smithsonian Collections Search
• Virginia Heritage

Subject headings are selected terms to represent a topic. Searching subject headings in the library catalog will bring the most complete list of results. Below are some example subject headings. More subject headings can be located in the red books at the reference desk.

• Jamestown (Va.)
• Puritans
• Wampanoag Indians
• Williamsburg (Va.)‚ Buildings, structures, etc
• Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses
• Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
• Indentured servants‚ Great Britain‚ Colonies‚History
• Tobacco‚ United States
• Boston Harbor (Mass.)‚ Maps‚ Early works to 1800
• Washington, George, 1732-1799‚Bibliography
• Harvard University‚History
• Bacon's Rebellion, 1676
• Smith, John, 1580-1631. Journals. Selections
• United States‚ Colonial question‚ Speeches in Congress
• United States ‚ History ‚ French and Indian War, 1755-1763
• Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683. Correspondence
• Great Britain. Stamp Act (1765)
• United States. Continental Congress
• Sons of Liberty ‚ 1770-1780
• Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799‚ Oratory.
• Boston Tea Party, 1773
• United States. Continental Army
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826‚Manuscripts
• Adams, John, 1735-1826‚Correspondence
• United States‚ History‚ Revolution, 1775-1783‚ Battlefields
• George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
• Massachusetts. Governor (1774-1775: Gage)
• United States‚ Relations‚France ‚ 18th Century
• Roger's Rangers
• Marion, Francis, 1732-1795‚ Military service
• Yorktown (Va.)‚ History‚ Siege, 1781‚ Early works to 1800
• United States. Articles of Confederation
• United States‚ History‚ Revolution, 1775-1783‚ Finance‚ Sources

The following databases are specifically useful for your topic. You can search them individually on the databases page.

• Academic Search Complete
• ArchiveGrid
• Credo Reference
• European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
• Humanities International Complete
• JSTOR
• MasterFILE Premier
• Military & Government Collection
• OAISter
• Women’s Studies International

The following journals supply articles to the library’s databases. You can see if a specific journal supplies articles to our databases by searching the journal title on the library journal page.

• Colonial Williamsburg
• American History
• American History Illustrated
• American Antiquity
• American Historical Review
• American Heritage
• Virginia Gazette
• Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
• William and Mary Quarterly

Below are some selected materials in the library with their shelving locations. Browsing in the listed areas of the library will help you find more materials for your topic.