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Read the clause.

During the long winter, the harsh restrictions provoked anger and outrage in the public.

What is the best way to describe this clause?
It is independent because it has a subject and a verb.
It is dependent because it expresses a complete thought.
It is independent because it expresses a complete thought.

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"It is independent because it expresses a complete thought."

(It also has a subject and a verb, but the key test for an independent clause is that it can stand alone as a complete thought.)