 Complete the following phrase:  The history of Santa Barbara, California, begins approximately 13,000 years ago with the arrival of the first Native Americans. The Spanish came in the 18th century to occupy and Christianize the area, which became part of Mexico following the Mexican War of Independence. In 1848, the expanding United States acquired the town along with the rest of California as a result of defeating Mexico in the MexicanAmerican War. Santa Barbara transformed then from a small cluster of adobes into successively a rowdy, lawless 