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 no national court system resulted in 3 No national executive branch resulted in 4 No power to stop states from conducting foreign affairs 5 National government had no power to tax 6 Interstate commerce 7 trade within a state 8 14 currencies in the US Could not enforce national laws; no head of state (leader) intrastate commerce States and national government all could make treaties with foreign nations. 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 trade between states no way to interpret/ apply laws; no way to settle disputes national treasury was most often empty