Complex sentence: In particular, the local Cape government was liberal and non-expansionist in its politics and resolutely opposed British confederation as being an imperialist attempt to override the Cape's constitution and extend British control over the whole of southern Africa.
Split into simpler sentences: In particular, the local Cape government was liberal and non-expansionist in its politics. It now resolutely opposed British confederation as being an imperialist attempt to override the Cape's constitution and extend British control over the whole of southern Africa.