Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1970 , their activities culminated in events referred to as the October Crisis when James Cross , the British trade commissioner to Canada , was kidnapped along with Pierre Laporte , a provincial minister and Vice-Premier .
Simplified: In 1970 , the FLQ kidnapped and killed James Cross , the British trade commissioner to Canada , and Pierre Laporte , a provincial minister and Vice-Premier .