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
The correct answer for this question is D.
Around this time, Feudalism WAS being used in this area, so that statement is false.