Constitution created federalism because they wanted to give the central government less control. When our founding fathers wrote the constitution in 1787, they wrote with the intent to give the power to the people so it wasn’t such a tyranny controlled by a king and by one law. But they also understood that they needed to create a government system for America to function strong and to function properly. They decided federalism worked out the best because it allowed each state to be controlled by the central government, but at the same time still be able to control their own problems within their state. As Randy E. Barnett points out in a speech, “We should look to the Framers' intentions, not because we are bound by their intentions as such, but because we today share their intentions to limit the power of government in a way that enhances and protects the liberty of the