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.
The Romans' first code of law was established around 200 B.C
The term "a bi-cameral legislature" refers to any lawmaking body of government that consists of two separate houses of chambers.