All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States. ...
-U. S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 1
This provision is a response to which grievance from the
Declaration of Independence?
A. "For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves
invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever..."
B. "For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring
Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government..."
C. "He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual,
uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public
Records."
D. "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for
that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners."

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n:

must repent and believe in god.

or the book

journey across time - chapter 10 "the rise of christianity"