Complex sentence: The episode was based on Burr's raising an armed group, allegedly to commit treason, in 1806, while another episode in the second season hinged on allegations that the Boonesborough settlers were planning insurrection against the British Crown, prior to the American Revolution.
Split into simpler sentences: The episode was based on Burr's raising an armed group, allegedly to commit treason, in 1806. Meanwhile another episode in the second season hinged on allegations that the Boonesborough settlers were planning insurrection against the British Crown, prior to the American Revolution.