“He has erected a multitude of new offices, ..."

"...and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.”

Thomas Jefferson thought he had reason for outrage back in 1776, but the King of England was a piker. If TJ had met the California government, he'd probably have sent George III an eloquent written apology instead of the Declaration.

Seriously, get a load of this.