Complex sentence: The colonial push for religious conversion collided with native resistance to assimilation, and in 1675, John Sassamon, a converted "Praying Indian," was found bludgeoned to death in a pond.
Split into simpler sentences: The colonial push for religious conversion collided with native resistance to assimilation. In 1675, John Sassamon, a converted "Praying Indian," was found bludgeoned to death in a pond.