-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.
Origin of Phrase. The phrase No Taxation Without Representation! was coined by Reverend Jonathan Mayhew in a sermon in Boston in 1750. By 1765 the term no taxation without representation was in use in Boston, but no one is sure who first used it. British perspectives.