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.
For weeks after the Boston Tea Party, the 92,000 pounds of tea dumped into the harbor caused it to smell. As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the British shut down Boston Harbor until all of the 340 chests of British East India Company tea were paid for. This was implemented under the 1774 Intolerable Acts and known as the Boston Port Act.