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Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
First Peoples
Prehistoric North American peoples traveled in small nomadic family groups.
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April 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Getting Started
Old Man River. The Father of Waters. The Mighty Mississippi.
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April 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
REMEMBERING ROBERTO CLEMENTE
Since baseball was introduced to the people of Puerto Rico in the 1890s, it has become the most popular sport on the island. Puerto Ricans brought the sport home after learning to play while visiting the United States. Baseball's popularity grew after the Spanish-American War in 1898. U.S. soldiers stationed in Puerto Rico played games against local clubs. By the 1930s, the island had its own professional league.
4 min |
March 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
STATEHOOD
Independence, statehood, or status quo? Puerto Ricans have tried to address that question and their relationship with the United States-for more than 100 years. The island has held six referendums about the issue in the second half of the 20th century.
5 min |
March 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
The United States Step In
By the early 1800s, the once-vast Spanish Empire was fading. Many of its original colonies in the Americas had fought for and won their independence. But Spain was determined to hold on to its few remaining territories. Puerto Rico was one of them.
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March 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
SAN JUAN: Puerto Rico's Caribbean Jewel
When the Spanish settled San Juan in 1521, they quickly recognized the value of Puerto Rico's capital city. It became an important port, outpost, and gateway for exploration of the Americas. Spain's enemies, primarily the British and the Dutch, coveted its strategic military location. Its excellent harbor was one of the largest and best in the Caribbean.
4 min |
March 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Spanish Conquest
The promise of gold and a sea route to India. Those were the two J main reasons why Spain's King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella backed Christopher Columbus's voyages.
3 min |
March 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Getting Started
Puerto Rico is a small island with a big presence. Its rich heritage is pulled from a combination of Indigenous Taino people, Spanish conquerors, enslaved Africans, and its relationship with the United States. Most Puerto Ricans speak Spanish, but the island's official languages are Spanish and English.
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March 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
A Son of the Revolution
Dark clouds of smoke spiraled into the sky over Breed's Hill as cannon roared.
4 min |
October 2022
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
MR. PRESIDENT
The Democratic-Republican party was the dominant U.S. political party in the first two decades of the 1800s.
3 min |
October 2022
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Life of Service
Even for a person of John Quincy Adams's remarkable credentials, the practice of law was challenging.
4 min |
October 2022
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Old Man Eloquent and the GAG RULE
The Speaker of the House punctuated his shouts with the banging of his gavel. Across the marble-columned U.S. House of Representatives, enraged southern congressmen howled and shook their fists.
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October 2022
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Fight For Freedom
Locked in a crowded Connecticut jail cell in the winter of 1841, 11-year-old Kali was a world away from Mendeland (present-day Sierra Leone).
4 min |
October 2022
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
At Home in Quincy
Today, the National Park Service (NPS) oversees three historic residences connected to the Adams family.
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October 2022
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
The Rise of New Spain
Within a couple of years of arriving in Mexico, Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire.
3 min |
January 2020
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Rethinking A Holiday
Columbus Day has been an official U.S. holiday since 1937. But some people question the idea of celebrating Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the “New World.”
3 min |
January 2020
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
A New Conflict Threatened The US And Mexico's Relationship
More than 60 years after the United States and Mexico fought their last battle over land, a new conflict threatened the two countries’ relationship.
2 min |
January 2020
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Celebrating Our Southwest Heritage
A talk with Khristaan Villela
3 min |
January 2020
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Getting Started
Did you know that the Spanish arrived in North America more than 100 years before the English settled their first colonies in Virginia and Massachusetts?
2 min |
January 2020
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
From Tejas To Texas
The republic of Mexico—newly independent from Spain—faced some big problems in the early 1820s.
4 min |
January 2020
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
The Final Piece
The dark green color in the map depicts the land that was the Gadsden Purchase.
2 min |
January 2020
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
The Promise Of Gold And A Sea Route To India
The promise of gold and a sea route to India.
4 min |
January 2020
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Neighbors North And South
Refugees from the Mexican Revolution in the 1910s head for Marfa, Texas.
4 min |
January 2020
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Alta California Becomes A State
This 1750 map captures the Spanish belief—based on the Baja Peninsula—that California was an island.
4 min |
January 2020
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
A Democratic Influence
Look on the back of a one-dollar bill, and you will find the Great Seal of the United States.
5 min |
November/December 2019
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Keeping The Culture Alive
A Talk with Mike Tarbell
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November/December 2019
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Friends And Enemies In Times Of War
Long before the first European settlers arrived in North America, the Haudenosaunee formed their confederacy. Joining together allowed them to establish themselves as a dominant native force.
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November/December 2019
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Meet The Haudenosaunee
Thousands of years ago, five distinct Native American nations—the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas engaged in constant war with one another.
4 min |
November/December 2019
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
The Peacemaker Story
Most historians say that the Haudenosaunee Confederacy came together during the 15th century.
2 min |
November/December 2019
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
A Variety Of Whales
Whales are members of a scientific order known as Cetacea. Cetaceans are found in every ocean and consist of two main suborders: baleen whales (or Mysticeti) and toothed whales (Odontoceti), which also include dolphins and porpoises.
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