Tensions rose markedly after Christopher Seider, a young lad about eleven Years of Age, was killed by a customs employee on February 22, 1770. Seider's death was glorified in the Boston Gazette, and his funeral was described as one of the largest of the time in Boston.
Overall, the most common causes of chest pain are. 1  Disorders of the ribs, rib cartilage, chest muscles (musculoskeletal chest wall pain), or nerves in the chest. 2  Inflammation of the membrane that covers the lungs (pleuritis) 3  Inflammation of the membrane that covers the heart (pericarditis)
Conditions that may cause chest pain include: 1  coronary heart disease (CHD, which is caused by plaque buildup and blockages in arteries or atherosclerosis) 2  pulmonary embolism or obstructions in the lung arteries. 3  infection of the lungs.  anxiety and panic 1  attacks. hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (a thickening of the heart muscle)  congestive heart failure.