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