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Named in honor of King William III (1650-1702), Williamsburg, Virginia, celebrated its three-hundredth anniversary in 1999. Founded as the capital of Virginia in 1699, the city has seen the birth of the American republic, the growth of the College of William and Mary, which educated five presidents, the founding of the first mental hospital in America, the emancipation of African American slaves, post-Civil War reconstruction, suburbanization,...

The series of essays that comprise The Federalist constitutes one of the key texts of the American Revolution and the democratic system created in the wake of independence. Written in 1787 and 1788 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to promote the ratification of the proposed Constitution, these papers stand as perhaps the most eloquent testimonial to democracy that exists. They describe the ideas behind the American system of ...