The colonies of Massachusetts, Maryland, and Pennsylvania had which of the following in common? Select one: English debtors were forced to settle and manage each. They were acquired for the purpose of obtaining natural resources. Cash crops became the staple source of economic gain. Each settlement was established as a refuge for religious freedom.

 C)

Explanation:

Lincoln Steffens was a journalist and one of the most important and leading muckrakers in the 20th century.

He was also a distributor of McClure's Magazine and from that magazine, he made muckraking or analytical style. He was showing corruption in American culture trough his analytical style in which we can see that he was trying to expose and reform corruption.