The entire system of authority, or power, that rules on behalf of a group of people. This type of government has one person or a small group holding all the power. Government rules by force. They are written so the people can know and obey them. Written plans of government.
Constitutions contain many of the laws of our country.
They also establish national and state government and they state the purpose for those governments. It set up a firm league of friendship among the 13 states. A loose association rather than a firm union of states. The 1787 meeting in which leaders wrote a constitution that established a government for the United States. It replaced the Articles of Confederation.