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.
Washington's first cabinet was    Secretary of State (Thomas Jefferson),  Secretary of Treasury (Alexander Hamilton),  Secretary of War (Henry Knox),  Attorney Genera â¦ l (Edmund Jennings Randolph)  Post Master General (Samuel Osgood) - Not a cabinet level  position at this time.