Pennsylvania
1681 William Penn received a land grant from King Charles II, and used it to form a colony that would provide a safe haven for Quakers.
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In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.