1 A half step (or ''semitone'') is the distance from one key on the keyboard to the next adjacent key. 2  Key 1 to Key 2 is a half step since they are next to each other. 3  A half step is not always from a white key to a black key.
The Virginia House of Burgesses established in 1619 is considered the first representative assembly (government) in the US and the Americas.
The Continental Congress was the first government body established. The first 3 Presidents of the Continental Congress were as follows: Peyton Randolph, Henry Middleton, and John Hancock. After John Hancock three more men served as Presidents and they where: Henry Laurens, John Jay, Samuel Huntington.