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Publisher’s Note

Jackie Branca

Shelly Allen

Welcome to the third annual edition of the GIR(L) Directory. The annual GIR(L)

directory is a product of Allen-Branca Media Company, Inc and has been put together as a resource guide for our regular GIR(L) Magazine readers.

Inside you will find businesses that understand the immense buying power of the female population and are clamoring to gain your business. You’ll also find important dates, phone numbers, events, and South Florida happenings all year long. We’ve also included a very important document that most of us know about, but few have read recently. We have included it because at this pivotal time in our nation’s history, it is important that we never forget from where we came.

It is our hope that you will keep this directory all year and use it as a reference, as well as patronize the advertisers who made this directory possible. Grab two and keep one in your car and one in your home!

As always, don’t forget to check out every issue of GIR(L) Magazine for a look at the most eye opening content made available to the ladies of South Florida. We sincerely thank you for being a loyal GIR(L) and we wish you much success all year through!

Here’s to a great year!

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AccommodAtioNs - Automotive 13Automotive - bicycles 16cleANers - GrAPhic desiGN 18hAir stylists - heAlth 22iNsurANce - oPticAl 24

Pet (A - b) 28Pet Numbers 30Pet (c - e) 34Pet (G - s) 37Pet (s) - restAurANts 40restAurANts - WiNdoWs 51southeAst FloridA eveNts 56

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“Babies don’t need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I’ll go over to a little baby and say, ‘What are you doing here? You haven’t worked a day in your life!’

-Steven Wright

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Accomodations/Accountants/Attorneys/Automotive 13

ACCOMMODATIONS -Bed and Breakfasts

PEARL’S RAINBOW525 United StreetKey West800-749-6696www.PearlsRainbow.comSee Our Ad Page 12

ACCOUNTANTS

KEEP IT SIMPLE SOLUTIONSSandra [email protected] Our Ad Page 12

WENDY S BODNER, PA7369 Sheridan Street Suite [email protected] Our Ad Page 12

ATTORNEYS - Criminal Law

LEA P KRAUSS, ESQ.600 S Andrews Ave, Suite 406Fort [email protected] Our Ad Page 3

ATTORNEYS - Trademark Law

MIRIAM RICHTER, ESQ3389 Sheridan St #103Hollywood [email protected]

AUTOMOTIVE - Repair

CAR CLINIC1401 N Dixie HighwayLake [email protected] Our Ad Page 14

www.FlawlessAutoRepair.com

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www.FlawlessAutoRepair.com

Did You Know?

Electric cars were introduced in 1896

and by the end of the century almost 50% of motorcars worldwide

were electric.

Yet, by 1905 80% of cars were petrol driven and by 1920 the electric car was, well, almost history.

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16 Automotive/Bars/Bicycle

FLAWLESS AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR1 W Linton Blvd Bay 20Delray Beach561-279-0779www.FlawlessAutoRepair.comSee Our Ad Page 14

AUTOMOTIVE - Tint

TINT WORLD2301 N Federal HighwayPompano Beach954-784-8650For more locations go to:www.TintWorld.comSee Our Ad Page 62

AUTOMOTIVE -Tires and Wheels

DALES WHEELS AND TIRES250 W Sunrise BlvdFort Lauderdale954-764-1582See Our Ad Page 15

IN AND OUT TIRE SHACK1247 W Sunrise BlvdFort Lauderdale954-760-4779See Our Ad Page 15

BARS

NEW MOON2440 Wilton DriveWilton Manors954-563-7660www.NewMoonBar.comSee Our Ad Page 2

THE MANOR2345 Wilton Drive Wilton Manors, 954-626-0082www.TheManorComplex.com See Our Ad Page 46-47

BICYCLE SALES/SVC

BICYCLE SPOT5074 N Dixie HighwayOakland Park 954-772-4909See Our Ad Page 17

BartonAndMillerCleaners.com

Bicycle/Cleaners 17

There are more than 100 million websites on the internet! Counting only domain name sites with content, Netcraft has tracked the growth of the internet since 1995 and says of the 100m, around 48 million are active sites that are updated regularly. When it began observing sites through the domain name system in 1995, there were 18,000.

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CLEANERS

BARTON & MILLER CLEANERS2600 N Dixie HighwayWilton Manors954-566-4314BartonAndMillerCleaners.comSee Our Ad Page 17 llll

CHIROPRACTIC

A PLACE OF HEALTHDr. Donna Watson2034 E Oakland Park BlvdFort Lauderdale954-568-9355www.APlaceOfHealth.comSee Our Ad Page 19

NATHANSON CHIROPRACTIC409 S Dixie HighwayLake Worth, WPB561-582-5433

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

SERVICES

PC LAUDERDALEAndy Harrison279 E Oakland Park BlvdOakland [email protected]

GRAPHIC DESIGN

JOYA DESIGNAlicia [email protected] Our Ad Page 4

www.APlaceOfHealth.com

www.thegirlmagazine.com

Cleaners/Chiropractic/Computer/Graphic Design 19


www.MichaelLeighSalon.com

20 Hair Stylists

www.Source-Salon.com

Hair Stylists - Health 21

“A vitamin is a substance that makes you ill if you don’t eat it.”

-Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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HAIR STYLISTS

MICHAEL LEIGH SALONMichael Leigh1155 N Federal HighwayFort Lauderdale 954-566-9557www.MichaelLeighSalon.comSee Our Ad Page 20

SOURCE SALON1881 NE 26th StWilton [email protected] Our Ad Page 21

VNL HAIR COLOR STUDIOJenny Sosa1545 E Oakland Park BlvdOakland Park954-533-2977www.VNLHairColorStudio.comSee Our Ad Page 7

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

CENTER FOR WELLNESSSofia Johnson4342 E Tradewinds AveLauderdale by the Sea954-491-3103www.WellnessFlorida.comSee Our Ad Page 23

INDIGO SPICESSupplements and Morewww.IndigoSpices.comSee Our Ad Page 23

SKIN CARE BY ANGELINA6246 N Federal HighwayFort Lauderdale954-771-9797See Our Ad Page 54

SOUTH FLORIDA THERMOGRAPHYClaudia Barrington R.N.Certified Clinical Thermographer954-422-8766www.SFThermography.comSee Our Ad Page 23

WHOLEFOOD FARMACYRaw Whole FoodsLeading.WholefoodFarmacy.comSee Our Ad Page 9

www.WellnessFlorida.com

www.IndigoSpices.com

www.SFThermography.com

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Healthy eyes are so sensitive to light that a candle burning in the dark can be detected one mile away. The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors; there currently is no machine that can achieve this remarkable feat.

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INSURANCE -State Farm

MARY BROWN INSURANCE AGENCYMary Brown, Agent7840 Glades Road, Suite 240Boca Raton877-426-1240www.MaryBrownInsurance.comSee Our Ad the Back Cover

MENTAL HEALTH - Chemical Dependency

Care

PRIDE INSTITUTE1601 E Las Olas BlvdFort Lauderdale800-547-7433www.Pride-Institute.comSee Our Ad Page 25

MENTAL HEALTH - Psychotherapy

JULIA FISCHETTO, MS, PAJulia Fischetto218 Commercial Blvd, Suite 201HLauderdale by the [email protected]/Julia-Fischetto

OPTICAL

CHIC OPTIQUE2228 Wilton DriveWilton [email protected] Our Ad Page 27

EXOTIC EYEWEAR OPTICAL1626-B N Federal HighwayFort Lauderdale954-567-4488www.Exotic-Eyewear.comSee Our Ad Page 26

Interested in advertising? Email us at [email protected] today!

www.Pride-Institute.com

Mental Health/Optical 25

www.Exotic-Eyewear.com

26 Optical

www.ChicOptique.net

Optical 27

Own a pet related business? Don’t miss our bi annual Pet Directory!

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PET - Animal Hospital

ALL ABOARD ANIMAL HOSPITAL1413 S Dixie Hwy E Pompano Beach 954-785-7780www.AllAboardAnimal.comSee Our Ad Page 29

PET - Birds/Bird Supplies

GOLDEN COCKATOO360 S Powerline Road954-725-0088www.GoldenCockatoo.comSee Our Ad Page 29

PET - Boarding

CHATEAU POOCHIEAmy Birkenes4301 N Federal HighwayPompano Beach [email protected] Our Ad Page 30

PETLOVER CENTRAL7491 N Federal HighwayBoca Raton561-241-3977www.PetLoverCentral.comSee Our Ad Page 31

PET - Boutique and Supplies

ATLANTIC DOGGERY BOUTIQUE AND GROOMINGScott Hamlin2724 E Atlantic Blvd.Pompano Beach [email protected]

FIESTA PET DELIFestival Flea Market Mall2900 W Sample RoadPompano Beach954-971-2500www.FiestaPetDeli.comwww.PetHealthCafe.comSee Our Ad Page 63

www.AllAboardAnimal.com

www.GoldenCockatoo.com

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www.ChateauPoochie.com

www.PetJunctionDirectory.com

P E T N U M B E R S30 Pet

DOG BEACHES

Canine Beach Fort Lauderdale - 954.761.5346Jupiter Beach - A1A & Xanadu Road

Dog Beach Of Hollywood - www.dboh.org

DOG PARKS (LEASHED)

Birch State Park, Fort Lauderdale - 954.564.4521

Esterlin Park, Oakland Park - 954.816.0799John Prince Park, Lake Worth - 2700 6th Ave S

Markham Park, Sunrise - 954.389.2000Quiet Waters Park, Deerfield - 954.360.1315

South County Regional Park, Boca Raton - 561.966.6600

Treetops Park, Davie - 954.370.3750

DOG PARKS (OFF LEASH)

Bark Park/Snyder Park, Fort Lauderdale - 954.828.3647

Boca Raton Dog Park - 561.393.7821Colohatchee Park, Wilton Manors Lake Ida Dog Park, Delray Beach -

561.966.6664

BIRD RESCUE

Feline -N-Feathers - 954.943.5455Lucky Parrot Sanctuary - www.LuckyParrot.org

Safe Haven - www.SafeHavenFL.org

CAT RESCUE

Carlow Cats - 561.667.7779Cats Exclusive - 954.975.8349

The Cat Network - 305.255.3482

CAT AND DOG RESCUE

A Second Chance Rescue - 561.333.1100Allen Babcock Rescue - 954.474.8198

Grateful Paws - 954.462.8840Raining Cats and Dogs - 561.929.0759Rescue, Rehab, Home - 561.241.3676

THPA - [email protected]

www.ChateauPoochie.com

www.PetLoverCentral.com

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www.NoKillNation.org

Sitting on a branch overlooking the parking lot, the pigeons watched as a Mercedes pulled in below them. “What do you think?” one bird said to the other. “Should we put a deposit on that car?”

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FINS, FURS, AND FEATHERS1975 N Federal HighwayBoca Raton561-391-5858See Our Ad Page 35

PAWS ON THE AVENUECaroline Clore525 Lake Avenue Lake Worth [email protected]

PET - Cat Care

PET SITTERS AND MOREMaryl Olsen - LOOBroward County954-894-1234Info@PetSittersAndMore.comwww.PetSittersAndMore.com

PET - Day CareCHATEAU POOCHIEAmy Birkenes4301 N Federal HighwayPompano Beach [email protected] Our Ad Page 30

PET - Dog Walking


PET - Exotic Pet Care

BIRD EXOTIC HOSPITAL6147 Lake Worth RoadGreenacres561-964-2121www.BirdExoticVet.comSee Our Ad Page 35

www.BirdExoticVet.com

Pet 35


www.AlexandriasGrooming.com

www.PetGroomFtLauderdale.com

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There are more than 700 types of pure breed dogs. The common belief that dogs are color blind is false. Dogs can see color but it is not as vivid as we see; it is like our vision at twilight. Dogs and cats, like people, are either right-handed or left-handed.

Dog Grooming, Cat Grooming, Dog Rescue, Cat Rescue, No Kill Shelters, No Kill Organizations, Dog Sitting, Cat Sitting, Dog Walking, Pet Care

www.AlexandriasGrooming.com

Own a pet related business? Don’t miss our bi annual Pet Directory!

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PET - Grooming

ALEXANDRIA’S GROOMING2032 E Oakland Park BlvdFort Lauderdale 954-564-4141www.AlexandriasGrooming.comSee Our Ad Page 36

ATLANTIC DOGGERY BOUTIQUE AND GROOMINGScott Hamlin2724 E Atlantic Blvd.Pompano Beach [email protected]

POSH PAWS AND CLAWS3045 N. Federal HighwaySuite 60F Fort Lauderdale 954-565-3343info@PetGroomFtLauderdale.comwww.PetGroomFtLauderdale.comSee Our Ad Page 36

PET - Rescue

NO KILL NATIONDebi DayP.O. Box 5209Lighthouse Point [email protected] Our Ad Page 32-33

THE HOMELESS PET ADVOCATESDebi DayP.O. Box 5209Lighthouse Point www.Facebook.com/TheHomelessPetAdvocatesSee Our Ad Page 32-33

PET - Sitting

ANGEL’S PET SITTING SERVICEJackie Treener954-567-2639AngelsPetSittingService.com FETCH PET CARE561-202-9915www.FetchPetCare.comSee Our Ad Page 38


www.FetchPetCare.com

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Pet 39

40 Pet/Physicians/Restaurants

PAMPERED PETS Tommy [email protected] Our Ad Page 38


PHYSICIANS - Gynecological, Obstetrical

GREEN & URRIBARRI, LLC3001 Coral Hills DriveSuite 360Coral Springs954-341-2916www.GreenUrribarri.comSee Our Ad Page 41

QUALITY GYNECOLOGYKaren Bosia1741 NW 123 AvenuePembroke Pines954-441-9595

REAL ESTATE - Agents

THE INFANTE GROUPCarla Infante954-646-4775www.InfanteGroup.comSee Our Ad Page 42

RESTAURANTS

GALANGA THAI KITCHEN2389 Wilton DriveWilton Manors954-202-0000www.GalangaRestaurant.comSee Our Ad Page 44

THE MANOR2345 Wilton Drive Wilton Manors 954-626-0082www.TheManorComplex.comSee Our Ad Page 46-47

MAI KAI3599 N Federal HighwayFort Lauderdale954-563-3272www.MaiKai.comSee Our Ad Page 11

www.GreenUrribarri.com

Physicians/Restaurants 41


www.InfanteGroup.com

42 Restaurants/Real Estate

Restaurants

www.GalangaRestaurant.com

44 Restaurants

www.GalangaRestaurant.com

Restaurants 45

www.TheManorComplex.com


MeltingPot.com

48 Restaurants

Restaurants 49

www.TropicsFTL.com

50 Restaurants

Coming this fall...The Helm Boating Directory! Look for it.

Restaurants /Scooters/Shoes/Skin Care/Windows 51

THE MELTING POT1135 N Federal highwayFort Lauderdale954-568-1581www.MeltingPot.comSee Our Ad Page 48

PRIMANTI BROS516 E Oakland Park BlvdWilton Manors954-565-7100See Our Ad Page 49

TROPICS2000 Wilton DriveWilton Manors954-537-6000www.TropicsFTL.comSee Our Ad Page 50

SCOOTERS - Sales and Service

CYCLE IVAN’S2831 Forest Hill [email protected] Our Ad Page 52

VARCITY CYCLE2601 N Federal highwayFort Lauderdale954-667-1500www.VespaFortLauderdale.comSee Our Ad Page 53

SHOES

BIRKENSTOCK3526 N Powerline RoadPompano Beach954-590-2980See Our Ad Page 54

SKIN CARE

SKIN CARE BY ANGELINA6246 N Federal HighwayFort Lauderdale954-771-9797See Our Ad Page 54

WINDOWS

WINDOW SOLUTIONSBrian Tepper610 NW 7th AveFort Lauderdale954-759-9100www.WindowSolutions4u.comSee Our Ad Page 55


www.CycleIvans.com

52 Scooters Sales and SVC

www.VarcityCycle.com

Scooters Sales and SVC 53


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www.windowSolutions.net

Windows 55

REOCCURRING EVENTS

Music and Dancing Under the StarsHollywood Beach Every Mon, Tue and Wed Clematis by Night Downtown WPBEvery Thursday Night

Jazz Fridays Waterfront Commons, WPB Third Friday of Each Month

Saturday Nite AliveFort Lauderdale Beach A1AJune 4 - September 3

July Bank of America Starlight Musicals Fort Lauderdale’s Holiday Park Fridays throughout July

Artwalk Downtown Hollywood Third Saturday Each Month

SunTrust Sunday Jazz BrunchRiverwalk Fort Lauderdale First Sunday Each Month

Florida Renaissance Festival and Crafts Village Quiet Waters Park Feb 12 - March 13

BY MONTH:mArch:

Women’s History MonthMarch 1 - 31

Walk For the Animals Downtown Fort Lauderdale March 5

Las Olas Art Festival Las Olas Boulevard March 5 - 6

Feeding South Florida March for HungerHollywood Beach BroadwalkMarch 12

Fort Lauderdale St. Patrick’s Day Parade Huizenga Plaza March 12

Lauderdale by the Sea Craft Festival March 12 - 13

Pembroke Lakes Arts Festival Pembroke Pines City Hall March 12 - 13

BMW Tennis ChampionshipSunrise March 14 - 21

Fort Lauderdale PridefestMarch 19 - 20

Spring Garden Festival Fort LauderdaleMarch 19 - 20

Southeast

EVENTS

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Florida

MS Walk - The Palm Beaches CityPlace WPB March 20

New Shanghai CircusMiramar Cultural Center March 20

Rod Stewart & Stevie NicksBankAtlantic Center March 20

Opera International with the Russian National Symphony: Madam ButterflyMiramar Cultural Center March 22

Palm Beach International Film FestivalBoca RatonMarch 23 - 30

Cirque Dreams BroadwayBroward Center for the Performing Arts March 24

Disney on Ice: Let’s CelebrateBankAtlantic CenterMarch 24 - 27

Palm Beach International Boat ShowWest Palm Beach WaterfrontMarch 24 - 27

Carnevale Italian FestivalDelray BeachMarch 25 - 27

South Florida Pet Expo Expo CenterSouth Florida Fairgrounds WPBMarch 26

Pride of the Palm BeachesLake WorthMarch 26 - 27

Kathy GriffinKravis Center, WPBMarch 29

Wicked, BroadwayBroward Center for the Performing Arts March 30 - April 24

APril:

Annual Wine & Culinary Celebration Museum of Discovery and Science April 1

South Florida Ride for Kids® Starts at Quiet Waters ParkApril 3

Riverwalk “Get Downtown” April 8

Gun & Knife ShowWar Memorial Auditorium April 9 - 10

TurtleFest 2011 Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno BeachApril 9

Delray Affair Street FestivalDelray BeachApril 15 - 17

“Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing!” Fort Lauderdale SeminarDania Beach April 15 - 17

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Pompano Beach Seafood FestivalApril 15 - 17

Cirque Dreams IlluminationKravis Center WPBApril 20

Fleet Week 2011Port EvergladesApril 25 - 30

Sunfest Downtown WPBApril 27 - May 1

Las Olas Wine and Food Festival Las Olas BoulevardApril 28 - May 1

mAy:

The Color PurpleKravis Center WPBMay 10 - 15

Women’s Power CaucusHyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six, Ft Laud.May 13 - 14

Home Design & Remodeling ShowBroward County Convention CenterMay 27 - 30

JuNe:

Stonewall Street FestivalWilton ManorsJune 19

July:

July 4th Family Celebration Fort Lauderdale Beach

Mamma Mia, BroadwayBroward Center for the Performing Arts July 19 - 24

Cirque Du Soleil Alegria BankAtlantic Center July 20 - 31

OctOber:

Fort Lauderdale International Film FestivalOctober 22 - November 11

Fort Lauderdale International Boat ShowOctober 27 - 31

November:

Home Design & Remodeling Show:Broward County Convention CenterNovember 11 - 13

Florida Cajun-Zydeco FestivalCB Smith ParkNovember 11 - 13

Holiday Fantasy of Lights Tradewinds Park Mid-November - December

Broward County Fair City Center in Pembroke PinesNov 25 - Dec 6

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Woodstock Arts & Crafts Festival Sunrise December 3 - 4

Winterfest Boat Parade Port Everglades North on the IntracoastalDecember 10

SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ANNUAL FISHING TOURNAMENTS:

Yamaha Contender Miami Billfish TournamentMiami Beach MarinaMarch 31 - April 3

Fishin & Firehouse Chili Grand Slam Boynton BeachApril 23

Pompano Beach Saltwater Circuit 3 Legs beginning with:Mercury/Sea Vee Saltwater ShootoutMay 5 - 8Mercury/SeaVee Saltwater SlamJune 9 - 12Mercury/SeaVee Saltwater ShowdownAug 4 - 7

Sailfish Club’s Ladies’ TournamentStuartMay 6 - 7 Competition Tackle 2-Day Dolphin DashFort LauderdaleMay 15 & 22

Pompano Beach Fishing RodeoPompano BeachMay 18 - 21

Ladies Annual Fish-OffPompano Beach. Ladies Only tournamentJune 2 - 5 Lake Worth Fishing Tournament Lake WorthJune 24 - 25

Fort Lauderdale Billfish TournamentFrom three inlets: Miami, Ft. Lauderdale & Lake WorthNovember 17 - 20

ANNUAL UNITED STATES HOLIDAYS

Day Light Savings Time Begins March 13Saint Patrick’s Day March 17Passover April 18Easter Sunday April 24Cinco de Mayo May 5Mother’s Day May 8Memorial Day May 30Flag Day June 14 Father’s Day June 19 Independence Day July 4 Labor Day September 5Constitution Day & Citizenship Day Observed September 16 Columbus Day (observed) October 10 Sweetest Day October 15 Halloween October 31 Daylight Savings Time Ends November 6Election Day November 8 Veterans Day November 11 Thanksgiving Day November 24 Christmas Day December 25 New Year’s Eve December 31

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declArAtioN oF iNdePeNdeNce

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.• He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most whole-

some and necessary for the public good.• He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.• He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Represen-tation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.• He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.• He has dissolved Representative Houses repeat-edly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.• He has refused for a long time, after such dis-solutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.• He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and rais-ing the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.• He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.• He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.• He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.• He has kept among us, in times of peace, Stand-ing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.• He has affected to render the Military indepen-dent of and superior to the Civil Power.• He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

• For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:• For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:• For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:• For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:• For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:• For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:• For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies• For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:• For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.• He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.• He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.• He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.• He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.• He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only

by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

— John HancockNew Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew ThorntonMassachusetts: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge GerryRhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William ElleryConnecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver WolcottNew York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis MorrisNew Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham ClarkPennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George RossDelaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKeanMaryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of CarrolltonVirginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter BraxtonNorth Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John PennSouth Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur MiddletonGeorgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

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