Economics and Trade

Primary Sources

“Chapter Z. Colonial and Pre-Federal Statistics – Estimated Population of American Colonies.” In Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. Z, 1-19. United States Government Printing Office, 1975. https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/1960/compendia/hist_stats_colonial-1957/hist_stats_colonial-1957-chZ.pdf.

Secondary Sources

Edwards, Andrew David. Money and the Making of the American Revolution. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025.

Grubb, Farley Ward. The Continental Dollar: How the American Revolution Was Financed with Paper Money. Markets and Governments in Economic History. Chicago ; London: The University of Chicago Press, 2023.

McCusker, John J., and Russell R. Menard. The Economy of British America, 1607-1789, with Supplementary Bibliography. Needs and Opportunities for Study Series. Chapel Hill: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, 1991.

Perkins, Edwin J. The Economy of Colonial America. 2nd ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.