Defying Empire by Thomas M. Truxes

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/128394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Defying Empire Author: Thomas M. Truxes Narrator: Michael Kazalski Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins Release date: 01-10-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings Genres: France Publisher's Summary: This enthralling book is the first to uncover the story of New York City merchants who engaged in forbidden trade with the enemy before and during the Seven Years’ War. Ignoring British prohibitions designed to end North America’s wartime trade with the French, New York’s merchant elite conducted a thriving business in the French West Indies, insisting that their behavior was protected by long practice and British commercial law. But the government in London viewed it as treachery, and its subsequent efforts to discipline North American commerce inflamed the colonists.