Assassin's Creed III Revolutionary War Moments

The shot heard 'round the world was the initial shot of the Revolutionary War in Lexington, Massachusetts and set off the real fighting between the British and the Colonists. What makes the Assassin's participation in this event exciting is that he could not only take place in the conflicts around Concord and Lexington, but also participate in the guerilla-styled fighting against the British as they retreated back to their base in Boston.

What makes this setting incredibly exciting are the forests that surrounded most roads and cities during this period in America. They set up amazing possibilities for our Assassin to fire rifles from the safety of the trees against traveling armies or to use the trees for cover as he surveys the locations of the Redcoats.    

Fort Ticonderoga wasn't a big battle with colliding armies, but it was an important part of the early war effort; The Green Mountain Boys and Benedict Arnold secured British cannons from the fort and transported them to Dorchester Heights in Boston, essentially saving Boston and routing the invading British from the city. It would be great to see our Assassin escort the cannons from New York all the way to Boston, showing up in time to save the early Revolutionary Army. 

The Siege of Boston was the first major conflict of the war and an 11-month engagement with the British. The colonial militia men, which later became a more unified army, surrounded the city of Boston and the British Occupiers and through skirmishes, The Battle of Bunker Hill and the fortification of Dorchester Heights, George Washington and his army pried Boston from the hands of the British. With 11 months worth of fights and major battles, there is plenty for our Assassin to do, like sneaking through British lines to spy, or run information back and forth between the army and Boston's besieged residents. 

Not every moment in Assassin's Creed III can be a "rah rah America" moment, because the early portions of the war were full of devastating losses for the would-be Americans. One of the major early losses in the war was The Battle of Brooklyn Heights where Washington unsuccessfully defended New York City from the British. The loss set Washington and his army running and for the next several years, the British used New York as their base of operations. While our Assassin is typically on the offensive, it would be great to see an Assassin on the run, assisting the Colonial Army and barely escaping by the skin of his teeth.

Later in the game, it would be great to see our Assassin sneaking back into Manhattan on missions to assassinate British war planners and commanders in their homes and bases.