Complex sentence: In 1647 the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacted the "ye olde deluder Satan" Act, requiring every town having more than 50 families to establish a grammar school (a Latin school to prepare students for college).
Split into simpler sentences: In 1647 the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacted the "ye olde deluder Satan" Act. It required every town having more than 50 families to establish a grammar school (a Latin school, to prepare students for college).