1) The invention of steam power the development of machine tools and the rise of the factory system helped contribute to the start of the industrial revolution.
2)The repeal in 1774 of a heavy tax that was charged on cotton thread and cloth made in Britain. Many machines helped make the cotton industry more efficient such as the invention of different machines that worked much quicker than people, there were also lots of rivers and coal accessible in the North of England which made powering the factories much easier
