Germanic tribes such as the Franks, Ostragoths, Vandals and the Visigoths were surrounding it and weakening it by spreading into their territory, and also it was having internal governmental issues and struggles for consolidation of power.
The continental congress was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 26, 1774
I would say the south east because that is where all of the slave states were. From what i know it was founded in Tenseness
