Which 1773 protest appears in the opening sequence of Assassin's Creed III?

The Boston Tea Party appears in the opening sequence of Assassin's Creed III.

The game begins in Boston in 1773, where the player controls Haytham Kenway during a mission connected to the destruction of tea shipments. The historical event took place on December 16, 1773, when American colonists boarded ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest taxation and the East India Company’s tea policy.

Assassin's Creed III uses the event as an early dramatic setting before moving through other major locations and moments of the American Revolution. The sequence blends fictional characters with a real political protest, as is common throughout the franchise.

The Boston Tea Party is often confused with the Boston Massacre, which occurred in 1770 and involved a confrontation between colonists and British soldiers. They were separate events, occurring three years apart and involving different immediate circumstances.