Which industry launched the Industrial Revolution?

railroad

textile

oil

cotton

The right choice is:

Textile.

Explanation:

There was an increasing demand for clothes. The textile mills played an important role in the spreading of factories and in the transformation of factories into cities, and in the growth of cities in England. Manchester became the leading export center of the textile industry; its population grew from 25,000 in 1700 to 450,000 in 1850.