Complex sentence: New Albion was the name given to an area of modern-day New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States where colonization was unsuccessfully attempted under Sir Edmund Plowden under the authority of a charter granted by Charles I in 1634.
Split into simpler sentences: New Albion was an English colony in the area of modern-day New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States. Colonization was unsuccessfully attempted by Sir Edmund Plowden, under the authority of a charter granted by Charles I in 1634.