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