-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.
I contend that the âtaxation without representationâ had more to do with self-government â and the liberty that it entailed â than taxation in and of itself. The American colonists generally had no problem with laws enacted by Parliament for the Empire at large.