The industrial revolution was linked was linked through agricultural revolution...
Beginning about 1700, advances in farming methods made food production more efficient.
I, James Hargreaves invented the spinning Jenny! a machine that could spin thread more easily!
As the textile industry grew, wealthy merchants built factories, and since waterpower was an early source of energy, many textile factories were located near waterways
Hmm....
In 1784, Edmund Cartwright developed a steam-powered loom to turn thread into cloth