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)
Acute causes of heavy chest feeling are. 1  Gastritis or esophagitis: Chest pain involving the lower chest and upper abdomen, and increases on swallowing or after eating food. 2  Myocardial infarction or heart attack: sudden excruciating chest pain with squeezing and heavy feeling in the chest. Pain may radiate to shoulder and jaw. Sweating or breathing difficulty can accompany with it. Fracture of ribs: there is history of trauma in individuals who have heavy chest feeling and pain in the chest.