Question

write a short note on greek war of independence. 3 mark

Answer 1

Answer:

the Greek war of independence also commonly known as green revolution ,was a successful war by the greeks who won independence for Greece from ottoman empire .the Greeks were thus, the first of the ottoman ' s empire subject people to be accepted as an independent sovereign power

Answer 2

• Greece had been part of the Ottoman Empire since the fifteenth century.

• The growth of revolutionary nationalism in Europe sparked off a struggle for  independence amongst the Greeks which began in 1821.

• Nationalists in Greece got support from other Greeks living in exile and from  many West Europe who had sympathies for ancient Greek culture.

• Poets and artists lauded Greece as the cradle of European civilization and  mobilized public opinion to support its struggle against a Muslim empire.

• The English poet Lord Byron organised funds to fight for the war, where he  died of fever in 1824.

• Finally, the Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 recognized Greece as an  independent nation.