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 States retained all powers except 4 Author of the Articles of Confederation 5 Continental Congress (Second) 6 Each state had this many votes 7 Number of votes needed to pass a law 8 Most of the power in a confederal system is held by 9 A confederal system was selected for our first form of government 10 The confederation had one branch 9 1 Wrote and approved the Articles of Confederation John Dickinson it allowed for a "loose" friendship among states and a national government with limited powers to do things needed by all states powers specifically given to the national government Confederal System, confederation the states 13 The legislative branch or "Congress"