What are some events that led to the industrial revolution?

1    FIRST STEAM ENGINE IS INVENTED

2   1757 – BRITISH VICTORY IN THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY

3   1764 – INVENTION OF THE SPINNING JENNY

4   1771 – RICHARD ARKWRIGHT OPENS HIS FIRST FACTORY AT CROMFORD

5   1789 – SAMUEL SLATER LEAVES FOR AMERICA

6   1794 – ELI WHITNEY PATENTS THE COTTON GIN

Cotton Gin of Eli Whitney

7   1844 – NOMINATION OF HENRY CLAY FOR U.S. PRESIDENT IS TELEGRAPHED

8   1855 – BESSEMER PROCESS FOR EXTRACTING STEEL IS DISCOVERED

9   1859 – ÉTIENNE LENOIR MAKES A SUCCESSFUL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

10   1901 – RANSOM ELI OLDS INTRODUCES MODERN ASSEMBLY LINE

the protestant reformation's started in 1517, disturbing the religious and political order in europe´s catholic countries. the outcome was the european wars of religion prosecuted in europe in the 16th, 17th and part of the 18th century. nonetheless, uprisings, territorial disputes, and great power conflicts were also causes of the wars.  

(d) rivers.

explanation:

civilizations developed around rivers because their waters provided places to hunt and fish. also, as the rivers flooded, the lands around them became fertile. this allowed them to support farming. this is especially true of the nile river, which flooded the same time each year.