Calling to All Wizards Canada Is Making Magic Legal Again

"Though European explorers called it 'the New World' when they first reached the continent, wizards had known almost America long before Muggles."

— America'due south long existence^[src]

The United States of America (more commonly known every bit America, United States, us, or just U.S. or U.Due south.A.) is a large and very diverse country located in Northward America. It shares land borders with Canada and United mexican states, and a maritime border with Republic of cuba forth the Florida Strait, and Russia in the Bering Strait.

48 states are located between Canada and United mexican states, while Alaska occupies the northwestern-most region of the continent. Hawaii is an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. The capital letter of the U.s.a. is Washington, D.C.

Contents

• ane History
  • 1.1 No-Maj order
  • 1.2 Magical guild
    • 1.2.1 Early history
    • one.2.2 Founding of MACUSA
    • 1.2.iii Contempo history
• ii Magical education
• 3 Magical creatures
  • 3.1 Native to the United states of america
  • three.2 Other
  • iii.3 Worldwide
• four Magical games and sports
• five Known Americans
• half-dozen Known locations
• seven Backside the scenes
• 8 Appearances
• 9 Notes and references

History

No-Maj society

"With the passing of Rappaport's Law, intermarriage and even friendship between wizards and No-Majs became illegal in the Us."

— Wizarding America has no Muggle relations^[src]

Established in function past European Puritans seeking religious freedom, No-Maj settlement began in the 1600s. Their religious beliefs made them suspicious of magic, which led to the Salem Witch Trials, in which both witches and wizards were executed.^[4]

In 1790, Rappaport's Police force created a strict segregation between the magical and No-Maj communities.^[v]

During the 1920s, many No-Majes in New York were baffled by strange disturbances including a blackness mass causing destruction as reported in the New-York Clarion newspaper.

Magical society

Early history

"Every bit No-Maj Europeans began to emigrate to the New World, more witches and wizards of European origin also came to settle in America. "

— The outset of the European immigration to America^[src]

The Native American magical customs and those of Europe and Africa had known near each other long before the clearing of European No-Majs in the seventeenth century. They were already aware of the many similarities betwixt their communities. In the Native American community, some witches and wizards were accepted and even lauded within their tribes, gaining reputations for healing as medicine men, or outstanding hunters. However, others were stigmatised for their beliefs, frequently on the basis that they were possessed by malevolent spirits.^[iv]

Native American Animagus

The legend of the Native American 'skin walker' — an evil witch or wizard that could transform into an animal at will — has its ground in fact. A legend grew upwards effectually the Native American Animagi, that they had sacrificed close family members to proceeds their powers of transformation. In fact, the majority of Animagi causeless animal forms to escape persecution or to hunt for the tribe. Such derogatory rumours often originated with No-Maj medicine men, who were sometimes faking magical powers themselves, and fearful of exposure.^[4]

The Native American wizarding customs was particularly gifted in animal and found magic, its potions in particular being of a sophistication beyond much that was known in Europe. The most glaring difference between magic practised past Native Americans and the wizards of Europe was the absence of a wand.^[4]

Wizardkind was aware of America long before the No-Maj "discovery" of the continent. Through magical ways such as visions and premonitions, as well a magical travel by broom or Apparition, European and African wizarding communities had established contact with the Native American magical communities as far back every bit the Middle Ages.^[4]

The Scourers during the top of their influence

Similar their No-Maj counterparts, European witches and wizards began arriving in larger numbers to America in the 1600s. Although many fled persecution, many found a harsher environment to debate with due to the lack of wizarding stores and specialists such as Apothecaries. They besides faced the poor relations betwixt the native magical communities and the newly arrived No-Majes, and the Scourers, a ruthless band of wizarding mercenaries willing to turn in any witch or wizard that may be worth some money.^[4]

These hostilities culminated with the Salem Witch Trials in 1692 and 1693 in which several witches, also a few No-Majes, were executed for witchcraft. At least ii judges at the trials were two known Scourers.^[4]

Founding of MACUSA

"Representatives from magical communities all over N America were elected to MACUSA to create laws that both policed and protected American wizardkind."

— The establishing a wizarding regime^[src]

The original twelve Aurors of MACUSA

Founded in the backwash of The Salem Witch Trials in 1693, the Magical Congress of the U.s. (MACUSA) is the governing body for the wizarding population of the The states of America. MACUSA first established in N America, a magical earth inside a not-magical i every bit seen in other countries. Ane the first things to exist established was an office of Aurors whose starting time task was to hunt down the Scourers that had betrayed their own kind.^[four]

In 1790, MACUSA President Emily Rappaport established Rappaport'due south Constabulary which strictly segregated the magical and No-Maj communities. This was prompted by the exposure of the magical world by Dorcus Twelvetrees to scourer descendant Bartholomew Barebone, who spread the information widely and attempted to kill witches and wizards in the surface area. Although Barebone was arrested for mistakenly killing some No-Majes, President Rappaport was unable to assure the International Confederation of Wizards that everyone necessary had been Obliviated prompting both a relocation of MACUSA headquarters and the magical customs going into deep hiding.^[5]

Inside of the Woolworth Building

In order to maintain their secrecy, MACUSA has had to motion headquarters several times throughout the years. Originally, meetings would be held at various locations until an enchanted edifice was created in the Appalachian Mountains. Over time, this proved too remote and the headquarters was relocated in 1760 to Williamsburg, Virginia, and later Baltimore, and and so to Washington before long before 1777. MACUSA headquarters remained in that location until the Bully Sasquatch Rebellion of 1892 forced them to leave for New York and plant themselves within the newly constructed Woolworth Building. MACUSA would remain hither until at to the lowest degree the 1920s.^[1] The only sign that the edifice was the headquarters for the American wizarding regime was the owl carved over the archway.

Contempo history

"Something is terrorising No-Majs. When No-Majs are afraid, they attack. Contain this or it will hateful war."

— Seraphina Picquery regarding the Obscurial attack on New York^[src]

By the 1920s, MACUSA had field offices throughout the United States and departments such every bit the Federal Bureau of Covert Vigilance and No-Maj Obliviation, devoted to enforcing Rapport'due south Police force and maintaining a strict segregation and secrecy of the magical world in America.

President Picquery belongings a hearing to discuss the rising tension in the The states

During 1926, the wizarding community in New York was involved with foreign disturbances that threatened the exposure of their earth. Through the help of British Magizoologist Newton Scamander, with the assist of Tina and Queenie Goldstein, and No-Maj Jacob Kowalski, these disturbances were traced to Credence Barebone, a rare and unknown Obscurial, who was losing control of his Obscurus energy, prompted in part by the manipulation of the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald who had assumed the identity of Percival Graves, MACUSA's Director of Magical Security. The crisis was resolved when MACUSA President Seraphina Picquery ordered the devastation of Credence, Grindelwald was captured, and Scamander was able to obliviate the city through the use of an experimental Swooping Evil venom distributed in a pelting storm created by Frank, a Thunderbird.^[6]

In 1965, Rappaport's Police was repealed.^[ii]

By 2014, the President of the Magical Congress of the U.s.a. of America was Samuel K. Quahog.^[7]

The Salem Witches' Institute was a women's organisation for witches, which was presumably located in Salem, Massachusetts.^[three]

Magical teaching

Many young American wizards and witches attended Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the about well-known American wizarding schoolhouse. Wizards and witches from all over the continent of North America had the choice to nourish the school.^[ii]

Magical creatures

Native to the United states

• Rougarou (swampy areas of Louisiana)^[ten]
• White River Monster (Arkansas)^[10]
• Zombie (southern United states of america)^[xi]

Other

• Wood Nymph^[13]

Worldwide

The post-obit creatures were all establish worldwide:

Magical games and sports

Quidditch was played, merely the like sport of Quodpot was more than popular. The U.S. had its own Quidditch League: the United states League. The Sweetwater All-Stars is a Quidditch team based in Sweetwater, Texas. Another squad was the Fitchburg Finches, a team in Massachusetts.^[14]

The U.s.a.A. had its own National Quidditch Team: the American National Quidditch squad. In the 2014 Quidditch World Cup, the American team shell Liechtenstein's team and shot red, blue and white sparks into the air in jubilation.

Known Americans

Kendra Dumbledore was mayhap built-in in the United States or Canada, equally she was thought to have been of Native American descent,^[xv] meaning that her sons Albus and Aberforth and her daughter Ariana may have had Native American blood as well. This suggests that Kendra's husband, Percival, may have visited the U.S. or Canada. or that Kendra visited United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, either being curious about the other's home country.

Amarillo Lestoat, the vampire author of A Vampire's Monologue, was born in the Us.^[12]

In 1926, British Magizoologist Newton Scamander visited New York and became acquainted with several Americans including sisters Tina and Queenie Goldstein, Smoothen-born No-Maj Jacob Kowalski, and President of the Magical Congress of the Usa of America Seraphina Picquery.^[6]

Known locations

Locations known to have some sort of wizarding presence in America are, just non limited to:

• Boston, Massachusetts
• Fitchburg, Massachusetts
• Mount Greylock, Massachusetts
• Salem, Massachusetts
• New York, New York
• Sweetwater, Texas
• Charleston, S Carolina
• Washington D.C
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Williamsburg, Virginia
• Yellowstone
• Orlando, Florida
• Albuquerque, New United mexican states
• Los Angeles, California
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Minnesota
• Houston, Texas
• Wisconsin
• River Bend, North Carolina

Behind the scenes

• J. 1000. Rowling said in an interview that Voldemort afflicted American wizards also, maybe hinting at his eventual plan to take over there as well.^[sixteen] It does make sense that Voldemort would have eventually targeted America, given that Gellert Grindelwald had done the same over 70 years prior to Voldemort's seizure of the Ministry building.
• As J.K. Rowling wanted a "strictly British and Irish cast" while also including French and Eastern European actors for the fourth film, with more European nationalities in the concluding picture show, the just American cast members of the serial are Eleanor Columbus (Susan Bones) and her siblings Brendan and Violet, Zoe Wanamaker (Rolanda Hooch), the Hough siblings Derek and Julianne, and the late Verne Troyer (Griphook).
• The state of Massachusetts seemingly plays a large part in the American wizarding customs; the urban center of Boston was featured in the Daily Prophet, considering its weather condition of note for reporting in its international weather department, Fitchburg is home to the Fitchburg Finches Quidditch team, and Salem is home to both the Salem Witches' Institute and the infamous witch trials.
• Both the book and motion film of Harry Potter and the Philosopher'southward Stone were released in the The states nether the name Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, because the publishers were convinced that Americans would not empathise what the Philosopher's Stone was. The renaming of books for international distribution is a mutual practice, even for highly known and internationally recognised authors. The decision was made to cull a championship that was "more than suggestive of magic"; the naming of "Sorcerer'due south Stone" was used with J.K. Rowling's endorsement, later the contemplation of several possibilities. The change had no effect on the sales figures, and the Harry Potter series rapidly became one of the most in-demand among young readers, who seemed to be undaunted past the ever-increasing length and complexity of the novels. The aforementioned changes were fabricated for the picture adaption and the video game adaptions, forth with other American-translated media the "Philosopher's Stone" is mentioned in.
• The "Harry Potter effect" in education was not as strong in the United states every bit it was in the UK, but it did have noted effects after the debut of the books. This was a report in economics that throughout much of the 1990s, attendance at boarding schools had been lacklustre and generally considered unpopular, existence seen as antiquated compared to a more mainstream regime-run school. Post-obit Harry Potter's introduction and the telling of Hogwarts, attendance at boarding schools spiked every bit it seemed to give an impression to children that boarding tin can be a positive feel on a child's evolution.
• Another phrase adapted for the American market was the Muggle sport of football game. Considering association football game is different from American football, the sport is called "soccer" in the American editions of the books.
• Due to the Salem Witch Trials, many Pure-blood families chose non to emigrate to the New World. This atomic number 82 to many No-Maj-borns starting their own wizarding families.
• It is currently unknown how race affects one's social status & standing in the American wizarding customs (as is prominent in the No-Majs' society either past or nowadays), merely information releases (from Pottermore & the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film) implies that, equally in the Former World, race is a negligent factor as opposed to being "magical".

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Sleeping accommodation of Secrets (Commencement mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Mentioned on a Famous Wizard Card)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Burn down (Mentioned just)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Seen on flag)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (picture show) (mentioned on newspaper)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Indirectly mentioned merely)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Observe Them (motion-picture show)
• The Example of Beasts: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
• The Archive of Magic: The Motion picture Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Mentioned only)
• Quidditch Through the Ages (Mentioned only)
• Pottermore
• Wizarding World
• Harry Potter: Quidditch World Loving cup (Outset appearance)
• LEGO Dimensions
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned simply)

Notes and references

1. ↑ ^{i.0 ane.1} Writing by J. K. Rowling: "The Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA)" atWizarding Earth
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 ii.two 2.3 2.iv two.5 2.six} Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ilvermorny Schoolhouse of Witchcraft and Wizardry" atWizarding World
3. ↑ ^{iii.0 3.1} Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7 (Bagman and Crouch)
4. ↑ ^{iv.0 iv.one 4.2 iv.3 4.iv 4.v 4.half-dozen 4.7} Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Seventeenth Century and Beyond" atWizarding Globe
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.ane} Writing by J. Chiliad. Rowling: "Rappaport's Constabulary" atWizarding World
6. ↑ ^{6.0 six.1} Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
7. ↑ Pottermore - Return OF HANS THE AUGUREY (Archived)
8. ↑ ^{8.0 eight.1 8.ii 8.3 8.4} Fantastic Beasts and Where to Notice Them
9. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 25 (Written in the Stars) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Jackalope"
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.i} "History of Magic in North America: 1920s Wizarding America" on Pottermore
11. ↑ Pottermore - The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
13. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (moving-picture show) - (see this epitome)
14. ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 8 (The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide)
15. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Affiliate 11 (The Bribe)
16. ↑ Accio Quote!

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