If i'm correct They wanted to keep the Soviet from expanding
They have to be a natural born citizen, be at least 35 years old and lived in the use for 14 years.
It set the bicameral legislature we have today, with the higher house, the Senate, having equal representation from all states (as of now, two senators per state) and the lower house, the House of Representatives, being based on state population (as of now, 435 representatives).
