Complex sentence: The French Army suppressed the uprisings but support for revolutionary ideals steadily declined, as the Swiss resented their loss of local democracy, the centralization, the new taxes, the warfare, and the hostility to religion.
Split into simpler sentences: The French Army suppressed the uprisings but support for revolutionary ideals steadily declined. The reform element was weak, and most Swiss resented their loss of local democracy, the centralization, the new taxes, the warfare, and the hostility to religion.