Complex sentence: Only a small number of Scottish families settled in Canada prior to the conquest of New France in 1759 and those who did make a home on Canadian soil were Highlanders who sought political and religious asylum following the failed Jacobite uprisings in Scotland in 1715 and 1745.
Split into simpler sentences: Only a small number of Scottish families settled in Canada however prior to the conquest of New France in 1759. Those who did make a home on Canadian soil were Highlanders who sought political and religious asylum following the failed Jacobite uprisings in Scotland in 1715 and 1745.