The most successful _________ settlement in North America was in the subtropical district at the mouth of the Mississippi River in what is now Louisiana, where some 300 settlers and 4000 African slaves founded sugar plantations.

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The most successful French settlement in North America was indeed in the area that is now Louisiana. The French, under the leadership of figures such as Bienville, established a colony there in the early 18th century, which became prosperous through the cultivation of sugar on plantations worked by African slaves.

The Most Successful _________ Settlement in North America Was in the Subtropical