All my outlets seem to be dead
Don't bother inspecting wires that are not in boxes. There's no need, unless you've been doing construction work or have had an earthquake. Wires between boxes are rarely damaged.  All the mischief tends to happen where wires terminate, e.g. at receptacles, switches, neutral bars, breakers etc. 

Any given receptacle obtains its power from somewhere.  Typically that is another receptacle.  It could also be a "tee" splice in the wiring; Code requires that any splice be inside a junction box whose cover is accessible without needing tools. For instance above a drop ceiling is OK; covered up by a screwed-down plywood panel is not OK. 

So typically your receptacle gets its power from another receptacle, which gets its power from another one, etc. etc. 

Your failure is a very common one

The circuit doesn't normally see heavy loading.  One of the terminations (wire meets receptacle) isn't very good.  The heavy load causes the poor connection to pop like a fuse.  Now it's open (non-connecting).  

As discussed above, connections are generally "chained" with splits, like a "tree". There is a chain of outlets/splices from the panel, to an outlet, to the next outlet, etc.   The failure is always at the first bad outlet, or the last good outlet in the chain.  

So if the chain is Panel-A-B-C-D-E-F-G, and you plugged in at F and now B through G are out, then checking D E F G is unconstructive.  The problem must be at A or B.