Answer:
The 'mother country' to Brewster and Robinson was, of course, England and that was generally what was meant when the phrase came into use in the USA. They didn't coin the phrase themselves but probably read it in the works of a prominent Puritan of the day - Arthur Golding.
Explanation:
California has the most electoral votes because it has the biggest population. 50 million rounded people live there. In comparison, Texas only has about 28 million or so.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall the nation which broke up into many independent states was Yugoslavia. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Yugoslavia was just one country in southeastern Europe, but after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the country was divided into different socialist republics being: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia.
Colloquial? I think. Hope this helps
