The message that Benjamin Franklin was trying to pass is that The colonies will be more effective as a single unit, and they should join together.
The reason why he made this speech was to let all of the colonies that were in the territory to come together.
The colonies were 13 at the time. He was encouraging them to unite so thet that could join and fight together for independence.
Read more on Benjamin Franklin here: https://brainly.com/question/509859