<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKuanzia karne ya 18 hadi 1800, New Orleans ilikuwa na idadi kubwa ya watu, na kwa hivyo ilikuwa ni mji wa kwanza katika historia ya New Orleans.  <response>: By the middle of the 18th century, New Orleans had grown into a town not exactly self-sufficient, but beyond the survival stage. 