 Complete the following phrase:  Halifax which would cease to be an Imperial fortress with the 1867 confederation of the Dominion of Canada, military defence of Canada would be transferred to the militia of the government of the dominion and the British Army withdrew most of its establishment from the continent; the Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax would be closed in 1905, and sold to the government of the dominion in 1907 and Bermuda controlled the trans-Atlantic sea lanes between North America and Europe, and were placed to dominate the Atlantic seaboard of the United States as demonstrated during the American War of 1812 when the squadron of the Royal Navys North America Station maintained a blockade of the Atlantic coast of the United States and launched the Chesapeake Campaign from Bermuda, defeating American forces in the Battle of Bladensburg, capturing and 