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