Assassin's Creed Unity is set mainly during which historical revolution?

Assassin's Creed Unity is set mainly during the French Revolution.

The game takes place in Paris beginning in 1789, the year the French Revolution started. Its protagonist, Arno Dorian, becomes involved with the Assassin Brotherhood while political unrest, violence, and social upheaval transform the city.

Important historical events and figures appear throughout the story, including the storming of the Bastille, the Reign of Terror, and Maximilien Robespierre. The game also presents detailed recreations of landmarks such as Notre-Dame Cathedral.

The American Revolution is the setting of Assassin's Creed III, and industrialization is especially important to Assassin's Creed Syndicate's Victorian London. Those periods overlap with broader historical change, but Unity is specifically associated with revolutionary France.