Complex sentence: Attacks on the frontier communities of what is now southern Maine at the start of Queen Anne's War in 1703 again put Deerfield residents on the alert, and the town's palisade, constructed during King William's War, was rehabilitated and expanded.
Split into simpler sentences: Attacks on the frontier communities of what is now southern Maine at the start of Queen Anne's War in 1703 again put Deerfield residents on the alert. The town's palisade, constructed during King William's War, was rehabilitated and expanded.