Population 8,565 (2014, within City limits), 10,230 (2010, City limits and immediate area) Age (2010) Under 14: 11.6% 15 to 24: 8.2% 25 to 44: 15.5% 45 to 64: 28.4% 65 to 75: 17.2% 75+: 19.2% Race (2010) White alone: 92.5% Black or African American alone: 0.3% American Indian & Alaska Native alone: 1.3% Asian alone: 1.0%
With the passing of the Tea Act, the seventeen million pounds of unsold surplus tea the British East India Company owned could be sold to markets in the American colonies. The tea was to be shipped to the American colonies and sold at a reduced rate.
Lesson Summary. The Coercive Acts (known in America as the Intolerable Acts) were passed by the British Parliament in 1774 as punishment for the destruction wrought during the Boston Tea Party, which was a reaction to the British tea tax of 1773.esson Summary. The Coercive Acts (known in America as the Intolerable Acts) were passed by the British Parliament in 1774 as punishment for the destruction wrought during the Boston Tea Party, which was a reaction to the British tea tax of 1773.