what did the us constitution do
The founding fathers established the Constitution to do just two things: 1  Establish a federal government for the United States of America. 2  Delegate to the federal government certain, limited (and enumerated) powers.o, without the Constitution, the states and the people have all the rights and there is no federal government. With the Constitution, the states and the people keep any rights not specifically delegated to the federal government by the Constitution.