Sentence:  The treachery of some of the Jacobite agents (Rashleigh among the rest), and the arrest of others, had made George the First's Government acquainted with the extensive <WSD>ramifications</WSD> of a conspiracy long prepared, and which at last exploded prematurely ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.