Richard Frothingham's "Rise of the Republic of the United States" (1872; 6th ed.1895), tracing the two ideas of local self-government and of union, begins with early colonial times and culminates in the Constitution.
The treaty of peace opens up the whole field of diplomatic history, which has a bibliography of its own.

But E.S.

Corwin's "French Policy and the American Alliance" (1916) should be mentioned as the latest and best work, although it lays more stress upon the phases indicated by the title.

C.H.Van Tyne's "Loyalists in the American Revolution" (1902) remains the standard work on this subject, but special studies are appearing from time to time which are changing our point of view.
The following books on economic and industrial aspects are not for popular reading, but are rather for reference: E.R.Johnson et al., "History of the Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States" 2 vols.

(1915); V.S.Clark, "History of the Manufactures of the United States, 1607-1860" (1916).