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Sometimes a chart really helps! Check out the ARDA's "Family Trees for American Religions" for a list of family-tree style charts showing how each of today's modern denominations came to be.
Introduction to the History of Christianity in the United States by 
American Christianities : a history of dominance and diversity by 
Encyclopedia of American Religions by 
Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion by 
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America by 
Encyclopedia of American Religious History by 
Dictionary of Christianity in America by 
American Church History : a reader by 
A Documentary History of Religion in America To 1877 by 
New Historical Atlas of Religion in America by 
The Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America by 