8Th Primary School of Maroussi, Athens an Etwinning Project 2017

8th Primary School of Maroussi, Athens an eTwinning project 2017-2018 GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE What is the Greek revolution G REEK The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1832 against the Ottoman Empire. W The preparation AR The first revolt Even several decades before the fall OF of Constantinople to the Ottoman The Filiki Eteria planned to launch revolts in the Greece, the Danubian Empire in 1453, most of Greece had I Principalities, and NDEPENDENCE come under Ottoman rule. During in Constantinople and its this time, there were several revolt surrounding areas. However, as the attempts by Greeks to gain plans of Filiki Eteria had been independence from Ottoman discovered by the Ottoman control. In 1814, a secret authorities, the revolutionary action organization called the Filiki started earlier. The first of these Eteria was founded with the aim of revolts began on February 22, 1821 liberating Greece in the Danubian Principalities, b . ut it was soon put down by the Ottomans. G The first steps TheKapodistrias’ war continues goverment and the change of stance REEK On March 25 in 1821 the revolution was officially declared and by the The war was continued for several years and it was very fierse. end of the month, the Peloponnese, W a Greek region was in open revolt Meawhile, the British, France and against the Turks. By October 1821, Russia changed their stance towards AR the Greeks under Theodoros Greece. Kolokotronis had captured a city OF named Tripolitsa. The Peloponnesian revolt was quickly British prepared the Treaty of I followed by revolts in other regions London (6 July 1827) with France NDEPENDENCE as Crete, Macedonia, and Central and Russia. This provided that the Greece. Meanwhile, the makeshift Allies should again offer Greek navy by Konstantinos Kanaris negotiations, and if the Sultan of and Andreas Miaoulis was achieving Turks rejected it, they would exert success against the Ottoman navy in all the means which circumstances the Aegean Sea and prevented would allow to force the cessation Ottoman reinforcements from arriving by sea. of hostilities. G Kapodistrias’ goverment REEK In 1828, the Greeks regrouped and The Navarino naval battle formed a new government under Kapodistrias. They then advanced to W On 20 October 1827, the British, seize as much territory as possible, AR Russian and French fleets entered before the Western powers (British, the Bay of Navarino in Pelloponnese France and Russia) imposed a OF to make sure that the Egyptian- ceasefire. Turkish fleet did not slip off and I attack Hydra (a greek island). When NDEPENDENCE a British frigate sent a boat to request the Egyptians, the allies of The first Greek independent nation Turks, to move their fire ships, the officer on board was shot by the As a result of years of war and Egyptians. A full naval battle was negotiation, Greece was finally begun which ended in a complete recognized as an independent victory for the Allies and in the nation in 1832. annihilation of the Egyptian-Turkish fleet. GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE .

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