Negative:
<span>Positive correlation: If the increase of one variable causes an increase in the other.
Negative correlation: if one variable increases and it causes a decrease in the other.
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Your case implies a very high negative correlation.
Most of the people living in Colonial America lived and worked on a farm. Although there would eventually be large plantations where the owners became wealthy growing cash crops, life for the average farmer was very hard work. They had to work hard all year long just to survive.
During the 1600s and 1700s, hundreds of thousands of Africans were forced to work as slaves in the colonies. Most New England families lived in small houses with one main room. They cooked on the fireplace and slept on mattresses near the fire. Colonial homes were like busy workshops.
