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Spain grew rich from the gold and silver it found after conquering native civilizations in Mexico and South America. However, conflict with Indians and the failure to find major silver or gold deposits made it difficult to persuade settlers to colonize there.
Words clause and brought have similar spelling: clause is spelled 'klawz', and brought is spelled 'brawt'. So, both are spelled with 'aw'. On the other hand, their meaning is different. Also, clause is a noun while brought is a verb. A clause is a syntactic construction that forms part of a sentence or is a whole simple sentence. Brought is simple past tense and past participle of 'bring'.
A dependent, or subordinate, clause<span> contains a subject and a verb or verb phrase but does not express a complete thought. As a result, it cannot stand alone as a </span>sentence<span>. Dependent </span>clauses<span> can function either as noun </span>clauses<span>, adjective </span>clauses<span>, or </span>adverb clauses<span>.</span>
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Id love to answer but I don't understand the context of the question, I'd have to see the entire excerpt. I'm going to assume it's the first one, but don't take my word for it.