 This time, it would last more than thirty years, until 1692, when after Maryland's Protestant Revolution of 1689, freedom of religion was again rescinded.In addition in 1704, an Act was passed "to prevent the growth of Popery in this Province", preventing Catholics from holding political office.Full religious toleration would not be restored in Maryland until the American Revolution, when Maryland's Charles Carroll of Carrollton signed the American Declaration of Independence.