Why did delegates from the american colonies meet in philadelphia in 1775? to write a colonial constiution

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire

"this speech"? what speech are you talking about?