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Dependent and Independent Clauses: Part 1
Indicate the type of the boldfaced clauses--dependent or independent.
Sample: By dividing U.S. Congress into two parts, the Constitution implements the checks and balances idea within the legislative branch.
  1. dependent clause
  2. independent clause
  1. The decision to break from the British was not an easy choice for many colonists, but Great Britain's repeated injuries against the Americans convinced many to join the rebellion.
    1. a dependent clause
    2. an independent clause
  2. The American colonists' anger had been building for years before the Revolutionary War began.
    1. a dependent clause
    2. an independent clause
  3. The Americans fought the Revolutionary War because they wanted freedom from the British rule.
    1. a dependent clause
    2. an independent clause

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