Complex sentence: Many were unwilling to fight the majority of the island was apathetic to the Royalist cause, contemporary chroniclers point to Carteret's dictatorship, changes to the religion and war weariness as a primary cause.
Split into simpler sentences: Many were unwilling to fight and the majority of the island was apathetic to the Royalist cause. Contemporary chroniclers point to Carteret's dictatorship, changes to the religion and war weariness as a primary cause.