Tea Party Timeline

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 5 and 6 to strengthen understanding of chronology, cause and effect, and early American revolutionary history. Students read six key events connected to the Tea Act, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts, then number them in the correct chronological order. By sequencing these moments accurately, learners see how British policies and colonial resistance escalated tensions and led toward unified colonial action, including the First Continental Congress.

Skills Reinforced

• Sequencing Historical Events (Grades 5-6) – Place major events in correct chronological order.
• Causes of the American Revolution – Understand how policies and protests built upon one another.
• Ordering Information – Apply organizational skills to historical content.
• Cause & Effect Reasoning – Analyze how actions triggered reactions over time.

Instructional Support

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support social studies inquiry and literacy integration.
• Clear Timeline Focus – Helps students visualize the buildup to colonial unity.
• Content-Rich but Accessible – Reinforces key terms and events without overwhelming detail.
• Supports Discussion – Encourages conversation about escalation and consequences.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for social studies lessons, test prep, literacy blocks, independent practice, or review.
• No-Prep Format – Print-and-go worksheet for classroom or homeschool settings.

This printable worksheet helps students develop a clear mental timeline of events surrounding the Boston Tea Party and its aftermath. By ordering key moments and considering their connections, learners strengthen historical thinking skills and gain a deeper understanding of how colonial resistance evolved into organized action at the dawn of the American Revolution.

This worksheet is part of our The Boston Tea Party Worksheets collection.