Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tarihin farko na Mexico a matsayin kasa na kasa ya kasance da rikice-rikice na siyasa da zamantakewar tattalin arziki. Juyin Juya Halin Texas da Yakin Mexico da Amurka a tsakiyar karni na 19 sun haifar da babbar asara ga Amurka. An tsara gyare-gyare na sassaucin ra'ayi a cikin Kundin Tsarin Mulki na 1857, wanda ya nemi haɗa kan al'ummomin 'yan asalin da rage ikon coci da sojoji. Wannan ya haifar da yakin canji na cikin gida da kuma sa hannun Faransa, wanda masu ra'ayin mazan jiya suka sanya Maximilian Habsburg a matsayin sarki a kan juriya na Jamhuriyar da Benito Juárez ke jagoranta. Ƙarnuka na ƙarshe na ƙarni na 19 sun cika da mulkin kama karya na Porfirio Díaz, wanda ya nemi ya gyara Mexico kuma ya mai da tsari. Zamanin "Porfiriato" ya ƙare a shekara ta 1910 da yaƙin basasa na shekara goma a Mexico
, wanda ya kashe kusan kashi 10% na yawan jama'a kuma bayan da ƙungiyar masu adawa da kundin tsarin mulki ta yi nasara ta tsara sabon Tsarin Mulki na 1917, wanda ya kasance har zuwa yau. Janar din juyin juya halin ya yi mulki a matsayin shugabanni har zuwa kisan Alvaro Obregón a 1928. Wannan ya haifar da samuwar Jam'iyyar Juyin Juya Halin Kasa a shekara mai zuwa, wanda ya mallaki Mexico har zuwa 2000.