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)
Anxiety is very common, but so is heart disease. Chest pain due to anxiety is most likely caused by muscle contractions in the chest wall, where the pain tends to be localized, and is often a sharp pain that is either fleeting or interrupts a breath.