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.
1 History Behind the Intolerable Act The intolerable act was a series of laws passed by British Parliament in 1774. 2  The events that followed were one of several factors that provoked the American Revolution. 3  Theâ¦. 4  The History of Fort Lee Virginia Fort Lee in Virginia goes a long way back in American history.dit. Share to: 1  American Colonies React to the Intolerable Acts By the time Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts in 1774, colonists in America were angry. 2  The Tea Act, passed on May 10, 1773, was the cause of that anger.