Complex sentence: The Spanish colonial government, and later, Mexican officials encouraged through recruitment civilians from the northern and western provinces of Mexico such as Sonora to settle in California despite the area's isolation and the lack of ventral government support.
Split into simpler sentences: The Spanish colonial government, and later, Mexican officials encouraged through recruitment civilians from the northern and western provinces of Mexico such as Sonora. Sonorans came to California despite the area's isolation and the lack of central government support.