The Early Republic looked very promising as energetic Americans were working, developing, and expanding their territory. The new president, Thomas Jefferson described the United States, “as an ‘empire of liberty’” (Shi & Tindall 2015) and with that being said he came into office with a mission. The presidency of Jefferson began the era of “Jeffersonian Republicanism” which made him the people’s president it was the first election in which power was transferred from one party to the other in peace. Jefferson’s inauguration was a critical event in the 19th century because it set the tone for his term of presidency, and established new found power for the president that was undefined in the constitution all the while allowing the common man to
