Originally printed in England and later reprinted in the Colonies, this pamphlet includes both the Sugar and Molasses Acts of 1764 in their entirety. The Sugar Act, technically an extension of the Molasses Act of 1733, specified a larger number of items to be taxed and added enforcement measures to insure that the tax was not evaded as was its 1733 predecessor. The act was meant to bail England out of economic troubles resulting from war, heavy taxes, and the costs of maintaining a large army abroad.