Claim: The Times has been printed since the American Revolution.
Evidence: It began in 1785 under the title , adopting its current name on 1 January 1788.
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies maintained by force of arms their refusal to submit to the authority of the King and Parliament of Great Britain , and founded the independent United States.