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