~member of the Second Continental Congress ??? ??? ??? Tea Act Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party. ??? ??? ??? Townshend Acts laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea ??? ??? ??? Coercive Acts This series of laws we