On 9 March 1916.
Columbus :)
Rape, pillage and burn. He conquered Mexico.
I'm reasonably sure he didn't.
Kill, pillage and burn.
Yes, to prevent a mutiny.
He literally ordered them to burn their ships.
It represents the idea of free education in Mexico.
Slash-and-burn agriculture is generally practiced in the Yucatan of Mexico.
Go to Canada or Mexico, or burn draft cards.
In a broad sense, it was all about rape, pillage and burn: they conquered Mexico and added it as an overseas territory of the Spanish crown.
Some of the drawbacks of the slash and burn agriculture in Mexico is that it destroys trees and other plants that were growing before the burn. Crops are planted and grown for a few years, but the land quickly becomes depleted and the farmers move to another area, leaving a dead and barren land behind.
They initially made friendly contact with the native Aztecs, then....Rape, pillage and burn. It was a conquest.