Understanding Chronological Order

Fill in the blank: In 1620, the Pilgrims sign the _________. (Look at the example in the reading)

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

• U.S. Constitution

Fill in the blank: In 1639, Connecticut creates the first _________ in the English colonies. (Look at the example in the reading)

• constitution

• order

• state legislature

• assembly

Fill in the blank: In 1689, the English _________ is passed. (Look at the example in the reading)

• Bill of Rights

• Act of Settlement

• Magna Carta

• English Declaration of Rights

Fill in the blank: In 1776, the American colonies declare their independence from _________.

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Germany

Which came first: Citizens closing courts in western Massachusetts or Shays shutting down the Supreme Court?

• Citizens closing courts in western Massachusetts occurred first.

• Shays shutting down the Supreme Court occurred first.

• Both occurred simultaneously.

State the fate of Shays' troops in February 1787.

• They disbanded after losing their fight.

• They successfully overthrew the government.

• They joined forces with another rebel group.

• They moved to a different state to regroup.

True or False: After Shays’s forces were defeated by state troops, the rebellion ended.

• True

• False

The word "chronological" means ....

• "out of time"

• "related to time"

• "no more time"

• "too much time"

Choose the correct sequence of events

• September 1777, August 1786, February 1787, January 1786

• August 1786, September 1786, January 1787, February 1787

• June 1897, August 1786, September 1786, February 1799

Writers sometimes signal chronological order by using phrases like:

• rebel, given up, tired

• anyways, l8tr,txt

• fist, soon, after, eventually

• truce, ending with, scared