5th grade · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 10
Colonies to Constitution
Put 1492 to 1793 in order
What your child practices
Ordering events from Columbus to the Bill of Rights, including slavery and resistance, to see causes and effects over time.
Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 5.SP1.1 · putting the events from the colonies to the Constitution in order
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- Find each event's year, then put the smallest year first.
- Anchor dates: Columbus 1492, St. Augustine 1565, Jamestown 1607, Declaration 1776, Constitution 1787.
- Causes come before effects: the Stamp Act came before the war.
Example: Which happened first: the Stamp Act or the Battles of Lexington and Concord? The Stamp Act was in 1765. Lexington and Concord were in 1775. Answer: the Stamp Act
Colonies to Constitution in Arizona
In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 10 of 10 in 5th grade Social Studies, after Earning & Saving.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
- 5th grade guide for Arizona parents
- Printable 5th grade Social Studies sheet
- Arizona report cards explained
Source: Arizona Department of Education
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
In what year did this happen? The British surrender at Yorktown
- 1781
- 1783
- 1787
- 1776
1781
Hint: The British surrender at Yorktown: 1781.
Question 2
Which of these happened last?
- The Treaty of Paris
- The Constitution is written
- Battles of Lexington and Concord
- Pennsylvania's gradual abolition law
The Constitution is written
Hint: Put them in order: Battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), Pennsylvania's gradual abolition law (1780), The Treaty of Paris (1783), The Constitution is written (1787).
Question 3
Which of these happened first?
- Enslaved Africans are brought to Virginia
- Georgia is founded
- The Pueblo Revolt
- Spain founds St. Augustine
Spain founds St. Augustine
Hint: Put them in order: Spain founds St. Augustine (1565), Enslaved Africans are brought to Virginia (1619), The Pueblo Revolt (1680), Georgia is founded (1732).
Question 4
Which of these happened first?
- Vermont bans adult slavery
- The Stono Rebellion
- The Bill of Rights is ratified
- George Washington becomes President
The Stono Rebellion
Hint: Put them in order: The Stono Rebellion (1739), Vermont bans adult slavery (1777), George Washington becomes President (1789), The Bill of Rights is ratified (1791).
Question 5
Put these events in order, earliest first.
- Battles of Lexington and Concord
- The British surrender at Yorktown
- The French and Indian War ends
- Spain founds St. Augustine
Spain founds St. Augustine → The French and Indian War ends → Battles of Lexington and Concord → The British surrender at Yorktown
Hint: In order: Spain founds St. Augustine (1565), The French and Indian War ends (1763), Battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), The British surrender at Yorktown (1781).
Question 6
Which of these happened first?
- The Treaty of Paris
- The cotton gin is invented
- Georgia is founded
- George Washington becomes President
Georgia is founded
Hint: Put them in order: Georgia is founded (1732), The Treaty of Paris (1783), George Washington becomes President (1789), The cotton gin is invented (1793).