Editing American Brotherhood of Assassins

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{{Faction infobox
|image = ACIII Insignia.png
|founder = [[John de la Tour]]
|leader = [[Mentor]]
|headquarters = [[Davenport Homestead]]
|locations = [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]]<br/>[[Quebec]]
|related = [[Assassins]]
|religion = Various
|formed = 
|collapsed = 1763
|reorganized = 1770
|notable = [[Achilles Davenport]]<br>[[Ratonhnhaké:ton]]<br>[[Robert Faulkner]]<br>[[Stephane Chapheau]]<br/>[[Duncan Little]]}}
The '''Colonial Assassins''' were the Brotherhood of [[Assassins]] located in the [[United States|British colonies]] of [[North America]], which became the [[United States]]. They were separate from the [[French Colonial Assassins|French]] and [[Spanish Colonial Assassins]], basing themselves at the [[Davenport Homestead]] in [[Massachusetts]].

During the [[American Revolutionary War]], the Assassins largely supported the colonies' bid for independence and helped them win many battles, though they were not beholden to them, assassinating [[Templars]] in the [[Continental Army]] or preventing casualties in the [[British Army]].

==History==
===Early history===
Not much is known about how or when the Brotherhood was formed. Sometime between 1501 and 1503, the [[Italy|Italian]] Assassin [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] sent a group of Assassins to find a map to the New World, and they decided that it would be best to go to the colonies before the Templars overtook them.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - ''[[Contracts (Project Legacy)|Contracts]]''</ref> The British American Brotherhood was founded by [[John de la Tour]] after his arrival to the colonies.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

After having been recruited in the 1730s, [[Achilles Davenport]] became the [[Mentor]] of the Colonial Assassins in 1746. Blessed with a talent for recruitment and organization, Achilles also strengthened the Brotherhood's ties with the [[Iroquois]], and the [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] in particular. Around this time period, the Assassins created a Navy to attack Templar ships and ports: their flagship, the ''[[Aquila]]'' was launched from [[France]] in 1749.<ref name="AC3"/>

===Decline===
In 1754, the Assassins hired a group of [[mercenaries]] to steal a chest owned by the [[Templars|Templar]] [[William Johnson]], containing his research on the [[First Civilization]] sites in the region. A group of Templars led by the newly arrived [[Haytham Kenway]] attacked the [[forts|fort]] where the research was being held and recovered it. Before departing, Haytham warned a surviving mercenary to inform his masters their time was over. The following year, Achilles lost his wife [[Abigail Davenport|Abigail]] and son [[Connor Davenport|Connor]] to typhoid fever, weakening his resolve.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref>

In 1763, the Templars launched an attack on the Assassins in the colonies and the Brotherhood was all but destroyed. All members of the chapter were hunted down and killed, except for Achilles, who was captured and tried by the Templars. However, confident that they had broken his spirit, the Templars set Achilles free on the condition that he abandon the Assassins' cause and live quietly in his manor.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> Five years later, the Templars destroyed the ''Aquila'', and first mate [[Robert Faulkner]] had the ship towed into the Homestead's bay.<ref name="AC3"/>

===Revival===
In 1769, the [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] boy [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] was directed by [[Juno]] to join the Assassins. He convinced Achilles to begin training him after preventing mercenaries from seizing the Davenport Manor, and after a year of training, including how to captain the ''Aquila'' with Faulkner as his first mate, he joined the Brotherhood. He also invited civilians like [[Godfrey]], [[Terry]] and [[Lance O'Donnell]] to live and work on the Homestead, providing materials and [[Crafting (Assassin's Creed III)|crafting]] equipment he would need.<ref name="AC3"/>

In 1773, Connor had started recruiting locals and immigrants into the Order, starting with [[Stephane Chapheau]] a chef from [[Boston]] during the time that [[William Johnson]] had his men exorbitantly tax the people of the city. Both Chapheau and Connor participated in the [[Boston Tea Party]], where they deprived Templars of certain funding. He also recruited [[Duncan Little]] and [[Clipper Wilkinson]], after helping them respectively stop a gang terrorizing North Boston and forceful military drafters.<ref name="AC3"/> Connor sent his men to stir up rebellion in other colonies, staging tea parties in [[New Jersey]] and [[Maryland]].<ref name="Contracts">''Assassin's Creed III - [[Contracts (Assassin's Creed III)|Contracts]]</ref>

===American Revolution===
The Assassins sided with the [[Patriots]] when the [[American Revolutionary War]] broke out in 1775. Initially they aided in the capture of [[Fort St-Jean]], but soon recognized the people of [[Quebec]] did not want independence and worked to prevent the misguided generals [[Richard Montgomery]] and [[William Thompson]] from conquering Canada. The Assassins also worked to relieve Boston during the {{wiki|Siege of Boston|siege}}, providing food and protection for civilians while helping [[Henry Knox]] transport artillery to {{Wiki|Dorchester Heights}}, ending the British occupation of the city.<ref name="Contracts"/>

The Assassins came to [[New York City]] when Connor was being executed on false charges of plotting to kill [[George Washington]]. One of the Assassins fired an arrow, helping sever the noose, allowing Connor to escape and assassinate [[Thomas Hickey]]. Afterwards, the city fell to the British despite the Assassins' help winning the {{Wiki|Battle of Harlem Heights}}. Connor visited and aided [[Jacob Zenger]] in ending martial law. He stopped a conspiracy to spread {{Wiki|smallpox}} in the area damaged by the [[Great Fire of New York|Great Fire]] with [[Jamie Colley]], and assisted [[Deborah Carter]] in ridding the countryside of a Templar hoarding food supplies and selling them at inflated prices. The Brotherhood was strengthened by these three recruits.<ref name="AC3"/>

In 1778, Connor broke ties with Washington after learning he ordered an attack on his [[Kanatahséton|village]], and a few days later, the Assassins killed [[George Dorrance]] after learning he was responsible for displacing several [[Iroquois]] villages. Regardless, the Assassins continued to aid the Patriots as the war shifted to southern colonies like [[North Carolina]] and [[Georgia]]. They became particularly wary of a dangerous [[horsemen|cavalry]] officer named [[Banastre Tarleton]], and did everything they could to protect American officers who risked engaging him in battle.<ref name="Contracts"/>

The Assassins also remained active up north. Connor aided the [[French Navy]] in the [[Battle of the Chesapeake]] on 5 September 1781, allowing him to enlist their help in the [[attack on Fort George]] in New York: Stephane, Deborah, Duncan and Jacob came to aid the [[Marquis de Lafayette]] in clearing the [[tunnels]] to the fort where [[Charles Lee]] was hiding. They were also sent to {{Wiki|Yorktown, Virginia}}, where they infiltrated and sabotaged British fortifications to ensure a relatively quick surrender with limited casualties.<ref name="AC3"/>

The following year, Connor assassinated [[Charles Lee]], who had been attempting to build his own army to surprise the [[Founding Fathers]] in the wake of the armistice.<ref name="AC3"/>

==Members==
*[[John de la Tour]]
*[[Achilles Davenport]]
*[[Robert Faulkner]]
*[[Atasá:ta]]'s father
*[[Benjamin Tallmadge, Sr.]]
*[[Ratonhnhaké:ton]]
*[[Stephane Chapheau]]
*[[Duncan Little]]
*[[Clipper Wilkinson]]
*[[Deborah Carter]]
*[[Jacob Zenger]]
*[[Jamie Colley]]
*[[Caleb Garret]]
*[[Joe]]

==Allies==
*[[Kaniehtí:io]]
*[[Samuel Adams]]
*[[Benjamin Tallmadge]], Jr.
*[[Marquis de Lafayette]]
*[[Otho Williams]]
*[[Duncan McGill]]
*[[Emily Burke]]
*[[Fillan McCarthy]]
*[[Alsoomse]]
*[[Atasá:ta]]
*[[John O'Brien]]

;Allies from other Assassin Guilds
*[[William de Saint-Prix]]
*[[Aveline de Grandpré]]

==References==
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