Why do you think with all its achievements in sailing, colonizing, and trade, Phoenicia was still weak militarily?

The main reason for that was because they focused their attention to maritime trade and thus haven't developed strong army as they were trying to preserve good relations with their neighbors and the outsiders.

Explanation:

Phoenicia was regarded as one the trade centers. They had good connections with Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete and were the first ones who went outside the Mediterranean sea. Thus they managed to established a large number of colonies, among which the most famous one was Carthage.

it was certainly a debatable decision, mainly because it was based primarily on political - and not on legal or social - views. since the congress at that time was led by members of the republican party, and the territory that the tribes wanted to turn into an exclusively indian state was predominantly democratic, the proposal (as expressed in the constitution) did not succeed, but the constitution itself proved to be of crucial importance in the creation of the state of oklahoma, and, most importantly, it guaranteed the involvement of representatives of the indian tribes in the government of the future joint state.  

as a member of congress, i would have voted to ratify the constitution, or at least to have it tabled. ignoring it was an interested and partial decision.