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.
In North America, the House of Burgesses became the first  legislative assembly to elect representatives. It was founded by  the Virginia Company, partly as a way to attract â¦ new English  colonists to North America and improve their own quality of life.