Matching Pairs Articles of Confederation Part 1Online version First Plan of Government for America by Stephanie Ganser 1 National government had no power to regulate interstate commerce 2 trade within a state 3 Interstate commerce 4 National government had no power to tax 5 No national executive branch resulted in 6 no national court system resulted in 7 No power to stop states from conducting foreign affairs 8 state vs state conflict 9 14 currencies in the US Congress served as an ad hoc court and resolved the dispute itself No state was required to accept another state's currency; no set exchange rate for currency. States charged different prices for the same goods to different states; discrimination among states States and national government all could make treaties with foreign nations. national treasury was most often empty trade between states no way to interpret/ apply laws; no way to settle disputes (other than state v state) Could not enforce national laws; no head of state (leader) intrastate commerce
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