Christopher Seider ( or Snider ) ( 1758 — 1770 ) was a British colonist killed in the political strife that became the American Revolutionary War . He was 11 years old when he was shot and killed by loyalist Ebenezer Richardson in Boston on February 22 , 1770 . His funeral became a major political event , with his death heightening tensions that erupted into the Boston Massacre on March 5 , 1770
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
Christopher Seider