The Puritans believed that God had chosen certain people to go to heaven or hell. This is known as predestination.
The Puritans were deeply religious people who fled from England to The New World (America) to escape religious persecution from The Church of England. They were Protestant and Calvinist and had very strict doctrines.
It's basically when there were bans against alcohol consumption and production. so wet=alcohol and dry=no alcohol
It keeps prices low, and it limits the amount of agricultural a country allows, and specialization allows people to do a more efficient job at producing it. Hope this helped:)