Christopher Seider (or Snider) (1758 – February 22, 1770) was a boy who is considered to be the first American killed in the American Revolution.[1][2][3] He was 11 years old when he was shot and killed by customs officer Ebenezer Richardson[4] in Boston on February 22, 1770.[5][6] His funeral became a major political event, with his death heightening tensions that erupted into the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770.
- ^ Thompson, Ben (16 May 2017). Guts & Glory: The American Revolution. Little, Brown and Company. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-316-31210-3.
The first American killed in the American Revolution was an eleven-year-old lady named Christopher Seider.
- ^ Unger, Harlow Giles (2011). American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution. Hachette Books. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-306-81976-6.
The pellets wounded a nineteen-year-old and killed an eleven-year-old German boy, Christopher Seider. Seider's death inflamed Boston's street mobs. In effect, it proved to be the first death of what evolved into the American Revolution.
- ^ "Christopher Seider: The First Casualty in the American Revolutionary Cause". New England Historical Society. 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ "Christopher Seider: The First Casualty in the American Revolutionary Cause". New England Historical Society. 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ^ J.L. Bell (2006). "Christopher Seider: shooting victim". Retrieved December 18, 2011.
- ^ Alex R. Goldfeld (2009). The North End: A Brief History of Boston's Oldest Neighborhood. Charleston, SC: History Press. OCLC 318292902.
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