Chapter 11: Jeffersonian era

 '' Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.''

~Thomas Jefferson

Why is it called the period of the first decades in the 19th century the Jeffersonian era?

Because in honor to one of the most popular in the era, Thomas Jefferson; because he developed a new government system.

How did it developed the judicial system and the supreme court during the nation's first decades?

Jefferson broke several of the traditions imposed by Washington & Adams, in doing so this developed and modify the judiciary.