Complex sentence: During the 1700s Catholics became a persecuted minority group in Maryland, including St. Marys county, and were denied the right to serve in the militia, taxed double whenever money had to be raised for the military, and continued to be discouraged from immigrating.
Split into simpler sentences: During the 1700s Catholics became a persecuted minority group in Maryland, including St. Marys county. Catholics were denied the right to serve in the militia, taxed double whenever money had to be raised for the military, and continued to be discouraged from immigrating.