Independence

=July 1 1962= Rwanda gained independence from the Belgians on July 1,1962. The First Republic was under the rule of President Gregoire Kayibanda. This presidentry over threw the the Tutsi Monarchy and the Belgians. This president was very discriminating against the Tutsi and would send his soldiers on massacres in order to kill the Tutsis. This made the Tutsi citzens of the republic flee out of the country.

Then in 1965 Rwanda was taken oover by President Juvénal Habyarimana. In his presidency he made Rwanda a one party counrty. These parties were the Democratic Republican Movement (MRD) and the Democratic Republican Movement-Party of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Hutu (PARMEHUTU). By creating these parties racism became apart of the Rwandans society. When President Juvénal Habyarimana was re-elected for a second term, he picked people from the PARMEHUTU to sit in the assembly. During this term also, the president would create random massacres to try and kill the Tutsis.

In 1972 President Juvénal Habyarimana wa thrown out of power by the Minister of Defense and head of the National Guard, Major General Juvenal Habyarimana. Major General Habyarimana created Mouvement Revolutionaire Nationale pour le Developpement (MRND), in 1975, this was a poliical party that. Than in 1978, the ruler of Rwanda won the elections because his party had "organized" the elections. Than in December of 1978, Rwanda created a constitution. Also because of this concstitution, the Prseidnet's party would always win. And that the MRND was the only politica party that was allowed in the country.

In 1982, the president got refugees to come back into Randa, but however they refugees ended up moving out of the country to Tanzania. This was because the refugees were becoming prosecuted. The president than decided not to allow a large amount of refugees into Rwanda because of the unstable economy.

In 1991, President Habyarimana signed a constitution that would make political parties leagal in the country of Rwanda. Before this constitution, Rwanda was attcked by its neighboring country, Urganda. The fightig between the two countries fighting from October of 1990 until August of 1993. There were multipule cease fires that were signed, but they were broken multiple times. In 1993, the Arusha Accord was set up. This accord was to prevent voilence between the Hutu rebles and the government of Rwanda.

On April 6, 1994 President Habyarimana was killed in a plane crash coming home from a trip to Tranzania. And when this mighty president was killed, all hell was let loose in Rwanda. Hutus were killing all the tutsis in sight. Some of the people of this violent massacre were also raped, beaten, and the pregant women had their bellies cut off. Today people do not know who shot the plane, it could have bee the Tutsi or the Hutu, some even thought that the French shot it down. =[]= []