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)
Digestive causes. Chest pain can be caused by disorders of the digestive system, including: Heartburn. This painful, burning sensation behind your breastbone occurs when stomach acid washes up from your stomach into the esophagus â the tube that connects your throat to your stomach.