Question: what were the key events in the industrial revolution?
Answer: #1 1712 – 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.