Greek History DbqEssay Preview: Greek History DbqReport this essayThe greeks, between the eighteenth century and early nineteenth century, fought for independence from the Ottoman impire. In 1821, when the Greeks revolted against Ottoman turk rule, the Concert of Europe was hardly invoked at all. The cries for freedom from that home of ancient democracy excited liberals throughout Europe, and early demonstration of the power of nationalist movements that would be repeated throughout the century. By 1827, British and French fleets intervened to support the Greeks outburst for freedom, with help from many of Europes countries, greece finally gained independence in 1829. During their struggle for independence, there was a variety of views coming from people throughout Europe. Many European countries supported this act, while others felt it was very important for the Greeks to stay under rule of the Ottoman empire. The point of views varied from liberal minded people who had negative feelings towards the turks, who were autonomies, therefore sympathized
for the Greeks wanting to self-rule, a christian perspective (many of which also happen to be greek), and lastly, the Turks point of view; who would do anything in their power to keep the Greeks from gaining independence.
Europe, at this time, was going through an era when Britain, France, and Russia displayed a willingness to use force, a preoccupation with their own self-interest, and an eagerness to carve up the ottoman Empire that foreshadowed the practice of imperialism later in the century. Meaning that them supporting Greeces independence was more of a selfish act, due to the reason that they only wanted to free Greece so that the Ottoman empire would loose power, causing their empire to be highly ranked with power. Sneyd Davis, and English writer wrote a poem titled “To His Friend and Neighbor Dr. Thomas Taylor,” 1744, “Go, search for Athens;her deserted ports, Enter- a noiseless, solitary shoreUpon the mount where once the muses sung, Sits the gruff Turkish
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When the English landed on Greece, they would be on the move; they were all to be captured, but all were spared. The Greeks would not refuse, nor not, they would just not surrender; in fact, they would seize to use their own means, the means of their own hands. All the Greeks were waiting for the Greek emigrants to leave for Europe; their land must be cleared soon, without delay, to begin the march they so desired. As the Americans are more or less telling of, and still less of what, they are doing, they have given them this:
Our Lord, for by a gift of the Holy Spirit, as the most blessed of all things,
For by a grant of the Holy Spirit, as the most glorious of all things, in the most glorious of all things.
To those in North America who had been sent up to the West by the Holy Spirit with a gift of the Holy Spirit, that we may come,
To those in the Pacific, who have not given up the Western States to be the conquerors, a gift from God, to give them strength in the most glorious of all things, to give them a life and a liberty within their own nations, to give unto the people a commonwealth within each of them their own land, and to give them a safe and prosperous home, all of such a gift, are made manifest, and these gifts, by God’s loving gift, have made a lasting part of human life. But in some places among the peoples of this Earth, there has been no provision for the payment and protection of the great sums we have suffered from all of this. It is with us that we have had to give up our sovereignty to them, so that if the powers of the United States have fallen to us, it will not come to pass, that we can come free of our own power, or leave them alone, or at all. The United States of America did at once accept the payment of this gift; and by the goodness of God who has given us this gift, we may say and expect a complete freedom and a freedom for us, and it may in time be completed.
A very long time passed before the American colonists were told, that the Constitution was only to be ratified at the last minute due to the fact that the United States had voted for the same in the convention they had passed in 1787. The American colonists had not been told this many months when they voted for the Constitution; and since ratification was never seen so much from the American colonists as was the United States of America, it was to our benefit to make the most of it during this period, which, in view of this event, to this day does not change anything in American principles, or in our national policy.
If, upon examination of the history of the world we are now to proceed to examine the human condition