<P> The main portion of the game takes place in Louisiana near the end of the French and Indian War , where France 's defeat caused the city of New Orleans to be taken over by the Spanish government . The citizens were upset over the transition from French to Spanish control and Spain 's new occupation within the city . However , in 1765 , the French governor Jean - Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie made a negotiation with Templar Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer to stay as governor of New Orleans . This plot was later uncovered by Aveline , who infiltrated the governor 's mansion and assassinated him . </P>
when does assassin 's creed liberation take place
near the end of the French and Indian War