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