Editing Andros (section)

===Modern period===
On May 10, 1821, [[Theophilos Kairis]], one of the leading Greek intellectuals, declared the island's participation in the [[Greek War of Independence]] by raising the Greek flag at the Church of St George.<ref name="Archipelago"/> At this time, a famous heartfelt speech, or "ritoras" (ρήτορας), inspired shipowners and merchants to contribute funds to build a Greek Navy to combat the Ottomans. At the end of the war, the island became part of the independent [[Kingdom of Greece (Wittelsbach)|Kingdom of Greece]].

Following Independence, Andros became a major centre of [[Greek shipping]]. In this it was helped by the arrival of [[Destruction of Psara|refugees]] from [[Psara]], and the decline of other traditional shipping centres such as [[Galaxeidi]] and [[Hydra Island]]. Andrian merchants were particularly active in the [[grain trade]] from central and eastern Europe conducted from the [[Danube]] estuary. Initially locally constructed, Andrian ships were later built at [[Syros]], especially as shipping began the transit to steam. By 1914, Andrian-registered shipping was second in Greece in terms of capacity. After [[World War I]], the local registered ships rose from 25 (1921) to 80 before [[World War II]]. The losses suffered during the latter, as well as the internationalization of shipping and emigration of the ship-owning families to Piraeus and London, signalled the end of Andrian shipping.<ref>{{cite web | title = Andros, Chapter 5: Shipping on Andros | author1 = Seleli Alexandra | author2 = Beneki Eleni | author3= Spiropoulou Vaso | author4 = Tsonos Konstantinos | work = Cultural Portal of the Aegean Archipelago | publisher = Foundation of the Hellenic World | url = http://www2.egeonet.gr/AIGAIO/Forms/fLemmaBodyExtended.aspx?lemmaid=10403&boithimata_State=true&kefalaia_State=true#chapter_7 | date = 28 April 2006 | access-date = 10 April 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>