The first was reducing the size of government. Jefferson thought that the government should be smaller to be personal for the people. Jefferson repealed many Hamilton’s tax plans. “Under Jefferson’s plan, tariffs from trading partners, not internal taxes, would fund government operations. Second, Jefferson cut back the military, maintaining just a small army on the western frontier and a tiny navy that could protect only America’s coast” (Shultz, 2014, p. 154). The second thing was developing the court system. Two important things were developed in the courts, judicial review, which gave the courts the power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional and the idea that partisanship was not a
The first was reducing the size of government. Jefferson thought that the government should be smaller to be personal for the people. Jefferson repealed many Hamilton’s tax plans. “Under Jefferson’s plan, tariffs from trading partners, not internal taxes, would fund government operations. Second, Jefferson cut back the military, maintaining just a small army on the western frontier and a tiny navy that could protect only America’s coast” (Shultz, 2014, p. 154). The second thing was developing the court system. Two important things were developed in the courts, judicial review, which gave the courts the power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional and the idea that partisanship was not a