Congress was unable to respond to certain states placing excessive taxes on goods because the power of the congress was limited in the articles of confederation.
Under the articles, the congress could not regulate or standardize commerce between the states of the confederation or between other countries.
This was one of the reasons for the failure of the articles of Confederation. The states had more power than the federal government. So there was no central body regulating the tax impositions on trade.
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