Ruled by strength and cultivated mystique and loyalty from their<span> subjects. ... Additionally, some </span>monarchs retain<span> reserve powers, such as to dismiss </span>a<span> prime minister, refuse to dissolve parliament, or withhold Royal Assent to legislation</span>
King James 1 was important to the survival of the Jamestown settlers because he was the first monarch to establish successful colonies in the Americas. He appointed mercantile charters to English joint stock companies to found and run settlements and he was certainly heading the Jamestown settlement. The direction for funding and managing was under his reign
Lawrence in 1603. In the next year he was on the Bay of Fundy and had a share in founding the first French colony in North America—that of Port-Royal, (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia). In 1608 he began the settlement that was named Quebec, selecting a commanding site that controlled the narrowing of the St.
