Yes. I am always relectant to cut good details just to meet a word count, but sometimes it needs to be done.<br /><br />I suggest you cut the following:<br /><br />The Franks family, for example, married non-Jews habitually and, as a result, they disappeared as a Jewish family. Abigail Franks, for example, expressed her distaste for this loss of unity in a letter to her son, &ldquo;My heart has been my prison since, and I had not had heart enough to go outside the street door.&rdquo;<br /><br />Religious freedom was one reason why there was an influx of immigrants to the colonies. In Austria, a Lutheran group known as the Salzburgers left for America after being expelled from their home country. During the 10-week ocean trip, they continually praised God for the new opportunities in the colonies. They saw being in America as an opportunity to preach Christianity to the Native Americans, as they felt it was a pity that the Indians did not have any knowledge of the gospel. Similarly, a German Protestant group, the Palatines, left the Rhineland in search of religious freedoms after being persecuted by their enemy, the French. They were greatly aided by the English government, which helped the Palatines move to England and later go to America. In America, they had a fresh start, describing it as the &ldquo;land of Canaan, abounding with all things necessary and convenient for human life.&rdquo;<br /><br />I thought about suggesting the paragraph on page two that starts with, "Not all groups..." but that would take away your contrast to the rest of the text (in a compare/contrast essay).