Iasi and the Greek revolution

Iasi and the Greek revolution

• ​For nearly 400 years Greece was among the countries that made the Ottoman empire

• In 1453 the Ottoman Turks invaded Constantinople, finishing off the Byzantine Empire

​Historical background

Multiple Choice

How many years was Greece under the Ottoman rule?

• 350

• 300

• 400

• 500

Multiple Choice

When did the Ottomans invade Constantinople?

• In 1543

• In 1453

• In 1753

• In 1673

​-A secret organization with the goal of creating a free Greek State.
-It had many members both in Greece, Romania and from European countries were Greeks lived, mainly in Russia.
-They were rich Greeks who offered money for the rise against the Ottomans
-They asked Ypsilantis to be their leader

​Filiki Eteria
"Society of friends"

Multiple Choice

Filiki Eteria means

• Society of friends

• Free Greek State

• Autonomous region

• Russian officer

Multiple Choice

Everybody in the Ottoman Empire knew about the Filiki Eteria.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• I don't know

​The Greek Hero who started the War of Independence.

He chose Wallachia to start war against the Ottomans.

​Alexandros Ypsilantis, an officer in the Russian Army.
At the age of 25 he became a Major General of the Russian Empire

Why did the Revolution start from Wallachia?

​Moldavia and Wallachia were
autonomous regions

The governors were Greek Aristocrats, from Phanari, a region in Constantinople

Fill in the Blank

Alexandros Ypsilantis was an officer in the _______________ army.

The signal for an uprising

He crossed the river Prut.

He created the Sacred Band from young educated Greek volunteer.

He asked for help from the Char of the Russian Empire but it was not offered.

Declaration of the revolution

‘Fight for Faith and Country’

Alexandros Ypsilantis in Iasi, Moldavia on February 24, 1821, marked the beginning of the Greek Revolution.

The declaration calls on all Greeks to revolt.

The Sacred Band was defeated.

Multiple Choice

Who gave the signal for the uprising?

• Alexandros Ypsilantis

• Dimitrios Ypsilantis

• Georgios Ypsilantsi

• The Char of the Russian Empire

Giorgakis, along with just 11 men, fled to the Secu Monastery,
where they blew themselves up in 29 August.
"Come brothers!! Let's die looking the death with no fear. For our religion and the freedom of Greece!"

Another hero,
Giorgakis Olympios

• The revolution in Romania failed.

• It opened the way for the Greek Revolution in Rumeli (Central Greece) and the Peloponnese against the Turks.

Why was the uprising in Romania important for the Greeks?

• ​The uprising in Romania made the Ottomans keep a great pat of their army in Wallachia.

• If they had sent all the forces to Greece, the revolution would have been crushed.

Multiple Choice

The Ottomans...

• sent all their army to the Central Greece

• kept an important part of their army in Wallachia

• kept only few forces in Wallachia

• did not keep any forces in Wallachia

Poll

The Greek revolution started in Romania because

• Moldava and Wallachoa were autonomous

• people there were rich and could give money

• Alexandros Ypsilantis lived there

• the Russians could help