-en. 1  Suffix variant for the illative singular, see-Vn. 2  Suffix for the genitive plural. ( 3 personal) Forms the impersonal potential present forms of verbs, appended to the infinitive, followed by the potential mood marker-ne- .
â No taxation without representation â refers to the slogan from 1750s and 1760s that encapsulates the prime grievance of the Thirteen Colonies. It is actually part of a sermon given by Jonathan Mayhew in 1750. It was also one of the causes of the American Revolution.
Despite the American colonistsâ desire for representation, though, âNo taxation without representationâ was more a symbolic protest than anything else. In reality, colonial American representatives in Parliament would have been too few in number and would have had too little political power to make much difference.