Part of Pizarro’s expedition to Peru, this explorer led an expedition into North America. He died along the Mississippi and was buried there in 1542.

This was the common name given to French Protestants during the Reformation.

This general commanded the Army of the Potomac in its disastrous assault on Lee`s positions at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.

This World War II veteran won an unprecedented two Academy Awards for his role as Homer Parrish.

Flakes of gold were found on his land in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush and his financial disaster.

This ancient tribe originally migrated from the northern part of the Danish peninsula.

This company`s 1629 charter was annulled in 1684 and–with Plymouth colony and Maine–was incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691.

This person said: “Caramels are only a fad. Chocolate is a permanent thing.”

This multilateral agreement in 1928 attempted to outlaw war as a tool of national policy.