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.
At the suggestion of the Virginia House of Burgesses, colonial representatives met in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, to consult upon the present unhappy state of the Colonies.. Delegates to this meeting, known as the First Continental Congress, were chosen by provincial congresses or popular conventions.