"On hearing the noise, one Samuel Atwood came up to see what was the matter; and entering the alley from dock square,
heard the latter part of the combat; and when the boys had dispersed he met the ten or twelve soldiers aforesaid rushing
down the alley towards the square and asked them if they intended to murder people? They answered Yes, by God, root
and branch! With that one of them struck Mr. Atwood with a club which was repeated by another; and being unarmed, he
turned to go off and received a wound on the left shoulder which reached the bone and gave him much pain." - Boston
Gazette, 1770
What does this passage describe?
The first Continental Congress
The beginning of the battles of Lexington and Concord
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre