Edited passage (corrections are in bold, everything else is fine):
Considered one of the most significant documents in the history of the democracy, the Magna Carta was written by thirteenth-century barons to protect their rights against King John of England. During the American Revolution, the document inspired the colonists in their pursuit of freedom.
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John ran. - independent
John ran away from the shore. - independent
Jim studied in the sweet shop for his chemistry quiz. - independent
When Jim studied in the sweet shop for his chemistry quiz. - now this one's tricky. I am leaning towards dependent but it could be the response to a question, but I don't know what question or could be dependent because its not a complete thought. Try dependent.
I think the answer is B.) "Okay, Becky, let's assume for a moment you fail this test again. What is the worst thing that could happen?"
The topic sentence is found at the beginning of the paragraph because the topic senence has the summary of what the paragraph eill be talking about and so it intorduces what you will be reading in the following paragraph.
