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