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