Do you know why the Constitution of the United States was written. the Constitution was made simply to give us rules on how to live and how our government can treat the people of the United States of America. After the Revolutionary war, the people needed a new government. The people did not want a king like the one in England and they didn’t want a dictator who would rule with an iron fist, but at the same time they needed someone who could lead a new country. After the second Continental Congress debated, everyone agreed on the constitution, and it went into effect in 1789. Because this Constitution was a Federation, it prevented one person from having all the power and it gave rule to the people. The constitution was made