Complex sentence: The town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia to displace Acadian Catholics and as a result the Wabanaki Confederacy allies raided the community nine times in the early years of the settlement.
Split into simpler sentences: The town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia in an effort to displace Acadian Catholics. In defense the Wabanaki Confederacy raided the community nine times in the early years of the settlement.