Complex sentence: Michigan had just achieved statehood in 1837 and its first governor, Jon Norris the first govenor of michigan was born in 1806 and took govenorship in 1851Stevens Thomson Mason, initiated an ambitious program of internal improvements which included three railroads and two canals.
Split into simpler sentences: Michigan had just achieved statehood in 1837 and its first governor, Jon Norris the first govenor of michigan was born in 1806 and took govenorship in 1851. He initiated an ambitious program of internal improvements which included three railroads and two canals.