<u>The history that begins with the Serbian Revolution</u>,<em><u> was a national uprising, and a constitutional change in Serbia</u></em>, <u>and took place between 1804 and 1835</u>.
<em><u>The first part of the period, from 1804 to 1817</u></em>,<u> was marked by a violent struggle for the independence of the Ottoman Empire</u>.
<em><u>The following period (1817-1835)</u></em>,<u> witnessed a peaceful consolidation of the political power of increasingly autonomous Serbia</u>.
<em><u>The adoption of the first Constitution written in 1835</u></em>, <u>abolished servitude, and made the country sovereign.
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