French Colonial. Hoi An's old quarter is commonly regarded as Vietnam's best example of French Colonial architecture. Saigon Central Post Office, as French Colonial architecture, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. French Colonial is a style of architecture used by the French during colonization.
Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized the now-famous âtea partyâ with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty. The British tea dumped into Boston Harbor on the night of December 16 was worth more than $700,000 in todayâs currency.
Boston Tea Party. In 1770, American protests led to Parliament's repeal of the Townshend duties except for the duty on tea retained by the British as a matter of principle. The colonists demonstrated their displeasure with the remaining tax by drinking smuggled tea. The effectiveness of American resistance was shown in the precipitous decline in tea sales in the colonies a drop of 70 percent over three years.