Complex sentence: While the Tories, who had received their land from the King George III, were amiable neighbors during the day and enemies of the Patriots by night, the pine robbers were disgruntled British sailors who had jumped ship.
Split into simpler sentences: While the Tories, who had received their land, from the King George III, were amiable neighbors, during the day and enemies of the Patriots, by night. The pine robbers were disgruntled British sailors who had jumped ship.