1.) Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador whose expedition led to the conquering of the Inca Empire. He was born around 1476 in Trujillo, Spain. He and his family lived in an area of poverty and he did not even have the ability to read. Francisco and along with Vasco Nunez de Balboa, discovered the Pacific Ocean. After conquering the land of Peru, he founded Peru's capital, Lima.

2.) John Winthrop was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was also the overall figure to the Puritan founders of New England. In 1629, John Winthrop joined the Bay Company and said that he would sell his English estate and would also take his family to Massachusetts if the government and charter of the company would be transferred