Sir Edwin sandy tried to solve the labor shortage in Jamestown

Encouraging the creation of families.

Explanation:

Edwin Sandys is known for bringing reforms and changes in Virginia when he became Company Treasurer. Reforms and changes were necessary because earlier settlers in Virginia had suffered from starvation because of the limited food supply. The colonists unable to produce crops properly because of a labor shortage and some were deserting the colony in numbers. Sandys tried to solve the problem by persuading women from England to come in Jamestown to marry colonists.

Sir Edwin Sandy tried to solve the labor shortage in Jamestown through promoting the creation of families.