Complex sentence: With the Moro raids in check, the settlement was renamed Tacloban and immediately rose to prominence due to its strategic location for commercial activity and soon became an independent municipality becoming the capital of The province of Leyte.
Split into simpler sentences: With the Moro raids in check, the settlement was renamed Tacloban and immediately rose to prominence due to its strategic location for commercial activity. Soon it became an independent municipality becoming the capital of The province of Leyte.