Timeline worksheet · History, Civics & Social Studies
The American Revolution: put events in order · Grade 8
Number 8 mixed-up events about the American Revolution from oldest to newest. Practices chronological thinking and reading for detail.
- Grade 8 · ages 13 to 14
- Hard
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The events
Directions: These events are mixed up. Number them from 1 (the oldest) to 8 (the newest).
- The Treaty of Paris recognizes
- American independence.
- Fighting begins at Lexington and
- Concord in Massachusetts.
- British soldiers fire into a crowd in the Boston Massacre.
- An American victory at Saratoga becomes a turning point of the war.
- A British army under Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, Virginia.
- Parliament passes the Stamp
- Act, sparking protests across the colonies.
- The Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of
- Independence.
- Protesters dump tea into Boston
- Harbor in the Boston Tea Party.
- Think about it · Pick two events next to each other. How did the first one help lead to the second?
What your child practices
Your child practices chronological thinking and reading for detail. The skill is “Change, continuity and causation”: describe how and why things changed over time and compare perspectives.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 8, ages 13 to 14
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- History, Civics & Social Studies
- Level
- Hard for Grade 8
- 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 harder sheets for Grade 8, best once the basics of the skill are secure.
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 · Grade 8
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