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