Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Pakutanga kwemakore gumi, chikamu chikuru cheGirisi chaitongwa neUmambo hweOttoman, sezvazvainge zvave zvichiitwa kubvira muna 1453, pasinei nokupanduka kwaiwanzoitika. Pakuvamba muna 1821, sangano repachivande rainzi Filiki Eteria rakatanga hondo dzinoverengeka idzo, pamwe chete nokuropafadzwa kweflag yechiGiriki uye kuziviswa kwokumukira naMbhishopi Germanos wePatra pana March 25, zvakaratidzira kuvamba kweshanduko. Kumukira kwakabudirira kugadzira nzvimbo yokuisa tsoka muPeloponnese,
vakatora Tripolitsa muna Gunyana 1821, uye vakabudirira muKrete, Makedhonia neCentral Greece.