Which of these can be considered a success of the american government under the articles of confederation? a) congress did not have the power to regulate interstate or foreign trade. b) congress was denied any powers of taxation, it could only request money from the states. c) passage of the land ordinance of 1785 and the northwest ordinance provided a systematic process for adding new states into the union. d) even after the revolution was over, the american military was too weak to force british troops out of their forts on the western frontier.