In Assassin's Creed III, the opening Boston sequence on December 16, 1773, depicts the Boston Tea Party.
The event occurs during the game's early sequence involving Haytham Kenway. Participants board ships in Boston Harbor and dump East India Company tea into the water in protest against British taxation and political control. Assassin's Creed III recreates the event as part of its fictionalized historical plot rather than presenting it as a separate documentary scene.
The Boston Tea Party was one of the most famous acts of resistance before the American Revolutionary War. It followed the Tea Act of 1773 and helped intensify tensions between Britain and the American colonies. The game later moves through other major moments of the Revolution, including the battles and political upheavals surrounding Connor Kenway's story.
The Boston Massacre took place earlier, in 1770, while the Battle of Bunker Hill occurred in 1775. Those dates help distinguish them from the 1773 protest shown in the game.