One way in which <span>unemployment and homelessness were connected to laughter and entertainment in the 1930s is that because people's lives were so miserable due to the Great Depression, they often sought more forms of entertainment wherever they could find it--in order to take their minds of their problems. </span>
The people in those colonies created their own sets of laws to follow, they had town hall meetings where men could voice their opinions, and they learned how to provide for themselves.