Born In The 1700s

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1. This Swiss-French philosopher born in 1712, wrote 'Social Contract', and 'Emile' among other works. He was said to have influenced Kant, Goethe, Robespierre and the French Revolutionists. Francois Voltaire Jean Moliere Victor Hugo Jean Jacques Rousseau

2. The movie about this famous composer of 'The Marriage of Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni,' won an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1984. Brahms Schubert Bach Mozart

3. In 1804, this American naval officer was the leader of a daring raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the captured U.S. frigate 'Philadelphia.' In the War of 1812, he led the capture of the British ship 'Macedonian.' David Farragut John Paul Jones Stephen Decatur George Dewey

4. This Italian composer is known for having composed the opera 'William Tell,' and the comic opera 'The Barber of Seville.' Rossini Puccini Verdi Mozart

5. Born in 1706, this famous American went to Philadephia as a printer and is known for 'Poor Richard's Almanack'. He also helped establish an academy that became the University of Pennsylvania and served from 1753-74 as the deputy postmaster general of the colonies. Alexander Hamilton Benjamin Franklin Aaron Burr Thomas Jefferson

6. Prior to becoming President, this man was a leading Jeffersonian and drew up the Virginia resolutions which protested the Alien and Sedition Acts. The War of 1812 was one of the chief events of this President's Administration. Martin Van Buren John Adams James Madison James Monroe

7. This Shoshone woman, born in 1784, helped guide the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Pocahontas Liluokalani Mary Clark Sacajawea

8. This religious visionary born in 1736 became the American founder of the Shakers. Mary Baker Eddy John Wesley Joseph Smith Ann Lee

9. This American railroad magnate founded a university in Nashville, Tennessee. Andrew Mellon J.P. Morgan Cornelius Vanderbilt Andrew Carnegie

10. This Scottish economist wrote 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations', published in 1776. John Kenneth Galbraith Paul Samuelson John Maynard Keynes Adam Smith

11. This Austrian composer, who wrote over 100 symphonies, served for 29 years as the musical director to the princes Esterhazy. Mozart Schubert Beethoven Haydn

12. In 1775, this American led the Green Mountain Boys at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. Ethan Allen Patrick Henry Nathan Hale Paul Revere

13. This Swedish botanist born in 1707 is considered the originator of modern scientific classification of plants and animals. Antony Van Leeuwenhoek Dmitri Mendeleev Carolus Linnaeus Melvil Dewey

14. This woman born c. 1797 who became a freed slave, traveled throughout the North preaching emancipation and women's rights. Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Harriet Beecher Stowe Mary McCleod Bethune

15. This English scientist laid the foundations of classical field theory, later developed by James Clerk Maxwell. He also developed the first dynamo. Guglielmo Marconi Michael Faraday Alexander Graham Bell Samuel Morse