Halifax, Nova Scotia and Bermuda were to become Imperial fortresses (although Bermuda, being safer from attack over water and impervious to attack overland, quickly became the most important in British North America), along with Malta and Gibraltar, providing bases in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea for Royal Navy squadrons to control the oceans and trade routes, and heavily garrisoned by the British Army both for defence of the bases and to provide mobile military forces to work with the Navy in amphibious operations throughout their regions.
halifax nova scotia and bermuda were to become imperial fortresses (although bermuda being safer from attack over water and impervious to attack overland quickly became the most important in british north america) along with malta and gibraltar providing bases in the eastern atlantic ocean and mediterranean sea for royal navy squadrons to control the oceans and trade routes and heavily garrisoned by the british army both for defence of the bases and to provide mobile military forces to work with the navy in amphibious operations throughout their regions