Because they had so many uses - to make clothes, footwear, rugs, coverings, insulation
and
also, in the old days the fur trade could get one wealth and power.
Beaver fur hats
It increased because it did!
Europe
The people in Europe decided to move to the colonies during the 1600s and 1700s because they wanted religious freedom.
sugar
isolated from Europe
yes they did
isolated from Europe
isolated from Europe
Christianity, in one form or another.
the nations of western europe
A man'stight jacket , worn in europe from about 1400 to the middle 1600s
Avicenna