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