Complex sentence: These tracts were reserved for residents of the Connecticut towns New Haven, Fairfield, Norwalk, Groton and New London who lost their homes in 1779 and 1781 due to fires set by British forces during the American Revolutionary War.
Split into simpler sentences: These tracts were reserved for residents of the Connecticut towns New Haven, Fairfield, Norwalk, Groton and New London. Some residents of these towns lost their homes in 1779 and 1781 due to fires set by British forces during the American Revolutionary War.