Is there any historical analysis of how the twist of events in Portugal impacted life in colonial Goa? For instance:
By 1755, SebastiĆ£o de Melo was made Prime Minister. Impressed by English economic success he had witnessed while Ambassador, he successfully implemented similar economic policies in Portugal. He abolished slavery in the Portuguese colonies in India; reorganized the army and the navy and ended discrimination against different Christian sects in Portugal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_of_Pombal The Marquis of Pombal ruled with a strong hand by imposing strict law upon all classes of Portuguese society from the high nobility to the poorest working class, along with a widespread review of the country's tax system. These reforms gained him enemies in the upper classes, especially among the high nobility, who despised him as a social upstart. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_of_Pombal On 17 December 1760, Marquis of Pombal, Secretary of State in Portugal expelled the Jesuits from India. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus#Suppression_and_Restoration