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.
1 First African American elected to the U.S. Senate, and first to serve in the U.S. Congress: Hiram Rhodes Revels (RâMS).  First African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives: Joseph Rainey (R-SC).