Which of the following is a dependent clause?

A dependent clause has a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought on its own. “When the Founding Fathers signed the Constitution” has the subject “Founding Fathers” and the verb “signed,” but the word “when” leaves the timing of an event unfinished. “Several ideas in the Constitution were new” is a complete thought, so it is an independent clause.

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