Then, after making provision for funds for the prosecution of the next year's campaign, the Second Continental Congress temporarily adjourned in December of 1776. Continental congresses continued to meet, with only short periods of intermission, from this time until the ratification of our present Constitution.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6T0XAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54|title=School Civics: An Outline Study of the Origin and Development of Government and the Development of Political Institutions in the United States|date=1919}}</ref> | Then, after making provision for funds for the prosecution of the next year's campaign, the Second Continental Congress temporarily adjourned in December of 1776. Continental congresses continued to meet, with only short periods of intermission, from this time until the ratification of our present Constitution.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6T0XAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54|title=School Civics: An Outline Study of the Origin and Development of Government and the Development of Political Institutions in the United States|date=1919}}</ref> |