There are also still some concerns that led to its creation that still remain in our current American society. Our founding fathers knew what they were talking about when they all got together at the Philadelphia Convention.
The U.S. Constitution finds its beginning in post-revolutionary America. After the war, America was free from British rule and spirits were high. But every war creates its own set of problems. The people of the former British colonies were in desperate need of some form of government so that the country could rebound from such a long and grueling war. The answer to this dilemma was the Articles of Confederation. However, this form of government was not going to cut it for the new country. The government could not make taxes (which was really needed to pay off the war debts), it could not control trade, and it could not create any governing laws for the 13 states. Officials knew that a change needed to be made if the new United States wanted to succeed. Two ideas were proposed to take the place of the Articles of Confederation, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. The Virginia Plan offered three branches of government while the New Jersey Plan only offered one. The officials at the Philadelphia Convention decided that the Virginia Plan was the best decision for the country and its people. Therefore, the U.S. Constitution was modeled after the Virginia Plan. A new government was created. A government with three branches of government (the legislative, judicial, and executive branch) to provide a system of checks and balances, a leader of the nation in the form of "President", the ability to create laws, and the ability to control trade. Since the document was ratified it has remained America's guiding principles to this very day. .
When the Constitution was written the people were concerned about one person gaining too much power over the people. Americans had just fought a war with Britain to gain independence from a monarchy.