That is false I’m pretty sure
I don't actually know this. But, I think that it was Lincoln. Then the Amenstapation proclamation was created. BTW, I probably spelt Amenstapation wrong.
The samoset Indians were the first people, I am sure.
This region was also politically unstable as there were different ethnicities and there was also rising nationalism in the region. Nationalism brought about tensions. There was also rising Serbian nationalist groups. Combined with the brinkmanship of the European Powers the area became a fuse to the powder keg that Europe had become. The Balkans has strong Cultural, Religious, and language ties to the surrounding Empires but they were in small pockets making nation building difficult.
