Complex sentence: The Massachusetts Bay Colony took political control of Maine from Gorges' heirs in 1658 and renamed the area Falmouth after an importantParliamentary victory in the English Civil War.
Split into simpler sentences: The Massachusetts Bay Colony took political control of Maine from Gorges' heirs in 1658 and renamed the area Falmouth. Falmouth gets its name from Falmouth, England, the site of an important Parliamentary victory in the English Civil War.