User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 19-03-'14 – Two Assassin's Creeds for 2014?: Unity and Comet/@comment-4374396-20140322180453/@comment-4519956-20140322181449

Because the French Revolution takes place quite soon after ACIII.

But most probably because of this dialogue from ACIII where Lafayette says to Connor: I hope that one day you might visit me in Paris, and stay with my family for a while.