I believe it is C. Taking specific action against or in another country
Explanation:
If you intervene, or cause an intervention, it pretty much means you are putting yourself in the middle of something and taking action. An example of this was when America caused an intervention in Latin America.
The Embargo Act of 1807 was signed by the president Thomas Jefferson and was an embargo of all ships and vessels belonging to France and Britain that were in united states docks during the Napoleonic wars
Because each state acted as if they were independent state’s and the national government was weak because the people We’re afraid of a ruling like Britain
