"America's Story for America's Children" is a graded series of readers intended to prepare for the regular study of history and to supplement it. Care has been taken to give prominence to the elements of life and personality and picturesqueness, so as to develop centres of interest which more advanced and systematic study will bring into proper relationship. The books present in vivid and dramatic style a series of pictures of our past, which sacrifice nothing of historic accuracy, and are replete with elements that will attract and hold the interest of the learner. This volume covers the period from the days of Marquette, Joliet, and La Salle to the Stamp Act of 1765. The great events of this period are the exploration of the Mississippi Valley and the French and Indian War.