After the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution were ratified on December 15, 1791, they came to be known as the Bill of Rights, and these amendments are symbolic of the fundamental freedoms of this nation.
Which of the following correctly rewrites this compound-complex sentence to form two simple sentences?
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After the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution were ratified on December 15, 1791, they came to be known as the Bill of Rights. These amendments are symbolic of the fundamental freedoms of this nation.
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The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution were ratified on December 15, 1791. Known as the Bill of Rights, these amendments are symbolic of the fundamental freedoms of this nation.
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After the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution were ratified on December 15, 1791. They came to be known as the Bill of Rights, symbolic of the fundamental freedoms of this nation.
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The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. They were ratified on December 15, 1791, and they are symbolic of the fundamental freedoms of this nation.