When, in history, have people failed to organize and overtake a defective government

1. 2008 - Financial Collapse

2. 2005 - Hurricane Katrina

Explanation:

1. After years of risky investments and with little regulation, the banking system collapsed under the weight of toxic assets created by risky mortgage loans, poorly understood financial instruments, and a credit crisis that froze the economy.

2. Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana on August 29, 2005, breaching the levees protecting New Orleans; stranding thousands of residents on rooftops, in the Superdome, and on bridges; and freezing the Federal Emergency Management Agency and state agencies.

(These are only 2 times, there have been many more)

the answer to number 5 is fort sumter