Read the sentences. There were five original Iroquois Nations. In the early 1700s, the Tuscarora joined the Confederacy as the sixth. Which is the best way to combine these two sentences?

Both sentences express complete thoughts, so a semicolon can correctly join them. The phrase “in the early 1700s” is introductory, so it needs a comma after it: “There were five original Iroquois Nations; in the early 1700s, the Tuscarora joined the Confederacy as the sixth.”

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