[Ryzorian]

Not really, Britian was firmly involved with Nepolean at the time. If not for that, Britian could have flooded the colonies with 100,000 troops, not the 10 to 20k they did send. The reason It was the Spainish American war was two fold.
1) It was one on one, Spain wasn't involved in some European conflict.
2) We destroyed thier navy, wich at the time was a meassure of a nations real power.

It's why people took note of Japan after 1906, thier navy skunked the Russian navy.