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:
It was the only way for the British to understand that America was going to be free and independent.
He was born on the border of North and South Carolina, so he was from the South.
