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 States retained all powers except 4 Number of votes needed to pass a law 5 The confederation had one branch 6 Continental Congress (Second) 7 First governing system in the US 8 Number of votes needed to amend the Articles of Confederation 9 Author of the Articles of Confederation 10 Each state had this many votes it allowed for a "loose" friendship among states and a national government with limited powers to do things needed by all states The legislative branch or "Congress" 1 Wrote and approved the Articles of Confederation 13 John Dickinson Confederal System, confederation powers specifically given to the national government the states 9