New Zealand Wars Timeline (Grade 5)
Free printable timeline worksheet for Grade 5. Students put five real events of the New Zealand Wars, from the Northern War of 1845 to the end of fighting around 1872, in chronological order.
Grade 5 · History worksheet
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Order the Events: The New Zealand Wars
Number these events from earliest (1) to most recent. Write the year next to each event.
- 1.Event 1: Government forces invade the Waikato, heartland of the Māori King movement; the New Zealand Settlements Act later allows land confiscation.
- 2.Event 2: The fighting ends, leaving a lasting legacy of grievance over confiscated land.
- 3.Event 3: Fighting begins in Taranaki over a disputed land purchase.
- 4.Event 4: The Northern War begins in the Bay of Islands after Hōne Heke and his allies fell the flagstaff at Kororāreka a fourth time and attack the town.
- 5.Event 5: The Waikato war ends after the battle of Ōrākau.
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- Te Ara: New Zealand Wars — frames the wars of 1845-1872 as conflict over sovereignty and land between government forces and some iwi
- NZ History: The Northern War — documents Hōne Heke's repeated felling of the Kororāreka flagstaff and the outbreak of war in 1845
- NZ History: Land confiscation law passed — covers the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863, the raupatu confiscations that fell hardest on Waikato and Taranaki including land of neutral iwi, and their legacy of grievance