It severely damaged labor unions ability to function, making it illegal for communists and socialist to join, illegalizing compulsory union membership (closed shops) and giving employers more power.
Slave owners turned to cotton production as a way to prosper due to its high demand and so did the demand on slavery.
Profiting from the rivalry between the Maharaja and the Zamorin , the Portuguese were well received and seen as allies, getting a permit to build a fort (Fort Manuel) and a trading post that were the first European settlement in India.
