In Assassin's Creed III, which war forms the main historical backdrop for Connor's story?

The American Revolutionary War forms the main historical backdrop for Connor's story in Assassin's Creed III.

The game follows Ratonhnhaké:ton, a Mohawk Assassin commonly called Connor, during the struggle between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain. Its historical sequences take place largely from 1754 to 1783, covering the build-up to the conflict, the war itself, and its aftermath.

Connor interacts with historical figures including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, and Charles Lee. The game uses the Assassin–Templar rivalry as a fictional thread woven through real events such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The setting is sometimes confused with the French and Indian War, which opens the game's earlier 1754–1755 sequences. That conflict is part of the broader Seven Years' War, but the central historical backdrop for Connor's main story is the American Revolutionary War.