Assuming that you are referring to the territories of today's Mexico, formerly know as <em>New Spain</em>, here is the paragraph:
As Hernan Cortes campaigned throughout the first continental lands of America, the idea that many Spaniards, probably even himself, harbored was that of founding Spain all over again in the newly found and conquered lands. A mix of nostalgia and pride for the Motherland, Spain, must have prompted the <em>Conquistadors</em> to name the cities and provinces they founded after cities and provinces already existing in Spain. One reason for using already familiar names had to do with the difficulty of pronouncing the original names of the places given by the native people, the other one had to do with a sense of control, since most people hold the belief that naming things bestows them with a degree of control over them. And yet another reason may have been the comfort of living in places named after their old home towns and provinces the Spaniards had come from.
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Religious conservatives in the 1970s began to form alliances with other conservatives
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<u>Explanation:</u>
Before 1970’s people believed that religion was not be associated with politics as they had a thought that politics was dirty. In the 1960’s the nation witnessed few changes like no compulsory school prayer and legalizing abortion.
These issues made the people of religion to feel that the Christian value in the country was deteriorating. After which in 1970’s the religious rights came to prominence and they wanted religious people to address the social issues. They wanted to elect politicians who could inculcate and respect moral values among the citizens.
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