Timeline worksheet · History, Civics & Social Studies
The American Revolution timeline: what happened when? · Grades 4–5
Match 5 events about the American Revolution to their dates on a timeline using an event bank. Practices chronology and reading a scaled timeline.
- Grades 4–5 · ages 9 to 11
- Easy
- 10 to 15 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The events
Directions: Each date on the timeline has a box. Write the letter of the event that happened then.
- Events
- A Fighting at Lexington and Concord begins the Revolutionary War.
- B The British army under General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, Virginia.
- C An American victory at Saratoga helps convince France to join the Patriots.
- D Britain passes the Stamp Act, a tax on printed paper in the colonies.
- E In the Boston Tea Party, colonists dump British tea into Boston Harbor.
- oldest newest
What your child practices
Your child practices chronology and reading a scaled timeline. The skill is “Change, continuity and causation”: describe how and why things changed over time and compare perspectives.
- Grades and ages
- Grades 4–5, ages 9 to 11
- Time
- About 10 to 15 minutes
- Subject
- History, Civics & Social Studies
- Level
- Easy for Grades 4–5
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Try the first question together so the format is clear. Then let your child work through the rest, showing their thinking on the page. It is one of the easier sheets for Grades 4–5, good as a warm-up or a first look at the skill.
An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.
Tip for grown-ups: Find the oldest and newest events first, then fill in the middle.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
History, Civics & Social Studies · Grades 4–5
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