Complex sentence: Following the 1798 invasion of Switzerland and the collapse of the Old Swiss Confederacy, Cham finally became an independent town; although the citizens still paid some taxes and tithes to Zug until 1816 when most were abolished and 1872 when the last one ended.
Split into simpler sentences: Following the 1798 invasion of Switzerland the collapse of the Old Swiss Confederacy, Cham finally became an independent town. Though the citizens still paid some taxes and tithes to Zug until 1816 when most were abolished and 1872 when the last one ended.