Albania

Albanian independence came because of the Ottoman rule creating higher taxes, conscription of Albanians in the Ottoman army rather than their own people, as well as the disarment of the civilian population. The initial revolt against the Turks was the first time that the empire had granted amnesty to a group of people in attempt to stop a separation of Albania from the empire. The Turks granted some of the requests that the Albanians desired but they were not enough to keep the Albanian people satisfied. Ismail Qemali went to the Turkish parliment within the empire to demand for more open and cultural rights, but they were not granted. This is when the second uprising occured led this time by Qemali who organized the transportation of 15,000 rifles from Montenegro to Kosovo, all supported by the British consul and the entirety of the UK. Once this feat was achieved violence wreaked havoc for a short while until Qemali once again presented the Turks with a list of demands that included:

• employing officials who know local language and customs, but not necessarily Albanian

• reorganization and modernization of the religious schools and use of Albanian language in secular schools

• freedom to establish private schools and societies

• the development of trade, agriculture and public works

• general amnesty for all Albanians involved in revolt

​This time these requests were met by granting the indepedence of the Albanian people. And with this Ismail Qemali waved the Albanian flag that had been created in the honor of Skanderbeg 400 years earlier the 28th of November 1912.