WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The first revolt began on 21 February 1821 in the Danubian Principalities, but it was soon put down by the Ottomans. These events urged Greeks in the Peloponnese (Morea) into action and on 17 March 1821, the Maniots were first to declare war.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Greek revolt was precipitated on March 25, 1821, when Bishop Germanos of Patras raised the flag of revolution over the Monastery of Agia Lavra in the Peloponnese. The cry “Freedom or death” became the motto of the revolution. From antiquity to today, Greece has lived through major historical events.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Greek revolution that began in 1821, followed by the war of independence, was the second of the national revolutions in the Balkans.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Greek War of Independence. This rebellion against the Ottoman Empire gave Greek speaking people a national homeland for the first time in history. Since the 15th century the land that we now call Greece had been occupied by the Turks.