North America

**North America** is a continent located in the Northern Hemisphere. It is west of Asia, Africa and Europe and North of South America. The known wizarding nations that comprise it are Canada, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and the United States of America.

## General History

### Early History (B.C. - 1492)

America was inhabited by the natives living in small communities across the continent. There are known to have been wizards and witches among them but they were known as Shaman, though interestingly there is no text that calls them 'Shaman'. These people were often healers or religious leaders of sorts. They practiced a very spiritual and ritualistic form of magic that had many differences to regular magic.

### Discovery (1492-1600's)

#### Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer and navigator, Christopher Columbus, working under order from the Spanish Crown first sited the 'New World', although they believed it to be East-Asia at the time.

Many other countries would hear of the discovery and sent large numbers of people to settle the land and claim it. This included the Roanoke Colony which was established in 1585 and found abandoned in 1590, leaving the fate of just over 100 colonists unknown.

### Magical Education and Hiding (1600's-1800's)

Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was established in 1627 to take students from all across North America.

In the 1692 the Salem Witch trials began causing mass panic in Wizarding communities and was the main reason for the creation of MACUSA and a few other Ministries around North and South America and was another prime reason for the creation of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.

In the 1700's, one of Ilvermorny's ex-students, Dorcus Twelvetrees, revealed to a No-Maj named Bartholomew Barebone the location of Ilvermorny, among other information concerning the wizarding community. However, it turned out that Bartholomew was the descendant of a Scourer, and he revealed all the information he got from Dorcus to the No-Maj community, including Ilvermorny's address. It led to one of the greatest ever breaches of the International Statute of Secrecy, but also the passage of Rappaport's Law, which excluded U.S. No-Maj born wizards and witches to enter Illvermorny and effectively segregated the No-Maj and wizarding communities in the U.S..

This would unfortunately cause the Obscurial population in America to increase due to No-Maj borns having to repress their magic.

In 1861 the American Civil War broke out and all witches and wizards were strongly encouraged not to partite on either side. However there were some who did participate in the Civil War for various reasons. After the war all magical people who partook in the war on either side were tired and sentenced to 50 years in prison.

However due to the number of people who involved themselves there wasn't enough space to fit them and so the Mansel Island Prison was built and completed in 1867.

### International War (1900's)

In the 1920's America was forced into a state of panic by a series of attacks across the country by the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald and attacks in New York City by an unknown Obscurial.

Through the help of British Magizoologist Newton Scamander, with the assistance 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 destruction 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 rain storm created by Frank, a Thunderbird.

In the First Wizarding War all American Magical Governments sent Auror's after Grindelwald and his forces until his defeat in the Battle of London.

## Countries

* Antigua and Barbuda: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* The Bahamas: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* Barbados: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* Belize: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* Bermunda: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* British Virgin Islands: An island country that is governed by the British Ministry of Magic, as it is British Territory.
* Canada: A country with its own Ministry of Magic.
* Costa Rica: A county that is part of the Central American Ministry of Magic.
* Cuba: the Home country of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic based in Havana.
* Dominica: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* Dominican Republic: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* El Salvador: A county that is part of the Central American Ministry of Magic.
* Grenada: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* Greenland: Acountry governed by the Scandinavian Ministry of Magic, as it Danish territory.
* Guatamla: A county that is part of the Central American Ministry of Magic.
* Haiti: A country in the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* Hondoras: A county that is part of the Central American Ministry of Magic.
* Jamaica: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* Mexico: A country with its own Ministry of Magic.
* Nicaragua: A county that is part of the Central American Ministry of Magic.
* Panama: A county that is part of the Central American Ministry of Magic.
* Puerta Rico: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* Saint Kitts and Nevis: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* Saint Lucia: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* Saint Vincent and Grenadines: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* Trinidad and Tobago: An island country that is part of the Caribbean Ministry of Magic.
* United States of America: On of the countries with it own Magical Governing Body.

## Magical Community

The Canadian cities of Haileybury, Moose Jaw and Stonewall along with the American capital city of Washington and the cities of Boston, Fitchburg, New York, Salem, Savannah and Sweetwater were the known locations that housed the North American wizarding community.

## Magical Education

* Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

## Magical Games and Sport

* Quidditch reached North America in the early seventeenth century but was slow to be adopted.
* The Haileybury Hammers, the Moose Jaw Meteorites, and the Stonewall Stormers were Canadian Quidditch teams.
	+ They were among the most accomplished Quidditch teams in the modern day.
* The Fitchburg Finches and the Sweetwater All-Stars were American Quidditch teams.
	+ The Fitchburg Finches had won the U.S. Quidditch cup seven times.
* United States of America had its own National Quidditch team.
* Canada had its own National Quidditch team.

## Magical Creatures

**Native species**

* Hodag
* Horned Serpent
* Jackalope
* Pukwudgie
* Snallygaster

**Species native by region**

* Hidebehind: native to Massachusetts.
* Rougarou: native to the swampy areas of Louisiana.
* Sasquatch: native to the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
* Thunderbird: native to Arizona.
* Wampus cat: native to the Appalachian Mountains.
* White River Monster: native to Arkansas.

**Species found within North America**

* Doxy
* Dugbog
* Gnome
* Jarvey
* Jobberknoll
* Knarl
* Nogtail
* Re'em
* Vampire
* Wood Nymph

The Ashwinder, Basilisk, Bundimun, Chizpurfle, Clabbert, Fairy, Flobberworm, Ghoul, Kneazle, Merpeople, Mooncalf, Plimpy, Puffskein, Salamander, Streeler, Werewolf and Winged horse were all found throughout North America, existing worldwide.