In Assassin's Creed III, which historical event begins the game's American Revolution setting in 1754?

Assassin's Creed III begins its American setting during the French and Indian War.

The game opens in 1754, when the conflict between Britain and France and their Indigenous allies is underway in North America. This war is the North American theater of the wider Seven Years' War, and its events establish the political tensions that later lead toward the American Revolution.

The player eventually controls Ratonhnhaké:ton, also known as Connor, a Mohawk Assassin. His story moves through the colonial period and the Revolutionary War, featuring figures such as George Washington, Samuel Adams, and Benjamin Franklin.

The French and Indian War is sometimes confused with the American Revolution because both appear in the game’s historical arc. The Boston Massacre occurs later, in 1770, while the Declaration of Independence is issued in 1776. Assassin's Creed III was released in 2012 and uses the transition between these conflicts as major narrative background.