It took many years to build the pyramids. The workers got very tired and only had bread to eat after working so they most likely took time off to rest.
Krebs became empowered. He was partly fascinated by the book as it was still so new. He realizes that it all really did happen. It was not just a dream or nightmare as he thinks it was sometimes. He is also forced to face the truth about what he experienced, while recognizing that he was part of something meaningful and greater than himself.
I believe the Colonial Leaders used the Boston massacre killings as propaganda to show the mistreatment of civilians/military misconduct. In the Boston Massacre the British Army fired into crowds of civilians, which reflected bad on the Military and gave the Colonist another big reason to establish their own nation.
