Relier Pairs Articles of Confederation Part 2Version en ligne First Plan of Government for America par Stephanie Ganser 1 A confederal system was selected for our first form of government 2 Most of the power in a confederal system is held by 3 Each state had this many votes 4 The confederation had one branch 5 First governing system in the US 6 Second Continental Congress 7 Number of votes needed to amend the Articles of Confederation 8 Author of the Articles of Confederation 9 Number of votes needed to pass a law 10 States retained all powers except it allowed for a "loose" friendship among states and a national government with limited powers to do things needed by all states powers specifically given to the national government The legislative branch or "Congress" Confederal System, confederation the states 9 Wrote and approved the Articles of Confederation 13 1 John Dickinson