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