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