Matching Pairs Articles of Confederation Part 1Online version First Plan of Government for America by Stephanie Ganser 1 No power to stop states from conducting foreign affairs 2 No national executive branch resulted in 3 14 currencies in the US 4 no national court system resulted in 5 National government had no power to regulate interstate commerce 6 trade within a state 7 Interstate commerce 8 National government had no power to tax no way to interpret/ apply laws; no way to settle disputes 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 No state was required to accept another state's currency; no set exchange rate for currency. Could not enforce national laws; no head of state (leader) intrastate commerce trade between states