Resources
Learn More About New Jersey’s Revolutionary History
Sites to Visit
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Boxwood Hall State Park
Elizabeth, NJ
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Dey Mansion
Wayne, NJ
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East Jersey Old Town Village
Piscataway, NJ
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Fort Lee Historic Park
Fort Lee, NJ
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Indian King Tavern State Historic Site
Haddonfield, NJ
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Liberty Hall Museum
Union, NJ
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Monmouth Battlefield State Park
Monmouth, NJ
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Morristown National Historical Park
Morristown, NJ
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Old Barracks Museum
Trenton, NJ
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Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton, NJ
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Proprietary House
Perth Amboy, NJ
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Red Bank Battlefield
National Park, NJ
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Rockingham State Historic Site
Franklin, NJ
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Trenton Battle Monument
Trenton, NJ
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Washington Crossing State Park
Titusville, NJ
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Historic Morven
Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton, NJ
10 General Books About the American Revolution
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Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-1782 (Hill and Wang, 2001)
By Elizabeth Fenn
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Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution (Simon and Schuster, 2021)
By Woody Holton
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Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World (Knopf, 2011)
By Maya Jasanoff
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Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin (Knopf, 2013)
By Jill Lepore
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American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence (Knopf, 1997)
By Pauline Maier
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Women Waging War in the American Revolution (University of Virginia Press, 2022)
By Holly A, Mayer (ed)
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The Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age of Revolution (Harvard University Press, 2006)
By Gary Nash
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American Revolutions (Norton, 2016)
By Alan Taylor
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Slavery’s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification (Hill and Wang, 2009)
By David Waldstreicher
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Fighting Over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution (NYU Press, 2015)
by Andrew M. Schocket
10 Readings About the American Revolution in New Jersey
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Jack Cudjo Newark's Revolutionary Soldier and Black Businessman (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012)
By Kofi Ayim
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Washington’s Crossing (Oxford University Press, 2004)
By David Hackett Fischer
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New Jersey in the American Revolution, 1763-1783: A Documentary History
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William Livingston’s American Revolution (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018)
By James Gigantino
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The American Revolution in New Jersey: Where the Battlefront Meets the Home Front (2015)
James Gigantino (ed)
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Crossroads of the Revolution: Trenton 1774-1783 (Knox Press, 2017)
By Larry Kidder
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Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle (University of Oklahoma Press, 2016)
By Mark Edward Lender and Gary Wheeler Stone
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Taking Sides in Revolutionary New Jersey: Caught in the Crossfire (Rutgers University Press, 2022)
By Maxine N. Lurie
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New Jersey in the American Revolution (Rutgers University Press, 2007)
By Barbara Mitnick, (ed)
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New Jersey’s Revolutionary Experiences: Battles and Skirmishes of the American Revolution
Videos for Commemorating the 250th
Reframing History
Big Ideas: Concepts for the 250th
The Stories We Tell
A Bundles of Silence: Reimagining Interpretive Approaches to the Past
State of Our Union: Telling the American Story
Philadelphia's 'Liberty' exhibit spotlights role of people of color in American Revolution
Would You Have Joined the American Revolution?
Woody Holton discusses "Liberty is Sweet" with Annette Gordon-Reed
Women and the American Revolution
Audio Tours
Crossroads of the American Revolution’s free downloadable audio tours will include a network of trails in English and Spanish to help you connect to New Jersey’s rich Revolutionary-era heritage, on the road or at home. The first tours are Ten Crucial Days and Washington Slept Here.
The tours include stories of the war’s impact on New Jersey’s diverse population. With accounts of enslaved persons, free people of color, women and children, heritage travelers will find a deeper, more nuanced understanding of life in New Jersey during the late 18th century.
Studies & Reports
History Resources at the National Level
People Centered Resources
Professional Resources
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Programs were held monthly from January to May 2022 as larger conversations from academia and cultural organizations to the general public. This series of live virtual panel sessions featured two scholars engaging with a moderator about current topics, terms, and debates that are foundational to the way we understand the broader human experience here in the United States and around the world.
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A Bundle of Silences: Reimagining Interpretive Approaches to the Past is a series of seven pre-recorded webinars that pull together scholars from across the nation to explore key aspects of the American Revolution, as identified in RevolutionNJ's Interpretive Framework. In these seven 30-minute videos, viewers will be introduced to the broader context and discussions surrounding each of the themes. In addition to this introductory overview, each webinar will have several case studies that demonstrate how using a particular theme can help develop a nuanced interpretation of the past.
Read our overview document for full webinar descriptions, scholar biographies, FAQ’s, resources, and credits. You can view the full series via playlist on the NJ Historical Commission’s YouTube page. -
Check out our webinar on hosting a community archaeology program.
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New learning opportunities are now available to help those interested in preparing for the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026. These virtual units invite viewers to engage with the RevolutionNJ’s key interpretative themes and guiding questions, learning from prominent scholars and leaders in the fields of history and the social sciences along the way.