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